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舒曼回避有关普拉特纳竞选活动争议的提问，誓言要“夺回参议院”
作者：彼得·皮内多 福克斯新闻
查克·舒默加倍支持有争议的格雷厄姆·普拉特纳
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默回避了有关民主党候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的争议问题，并确认他对这位民主党人的支持。
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参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默无视外界对民主党人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳相关争议的持续质疑，再次确认了对这位处境艰难的参议院候选人的支持。
普拉特纳是一名海军陆战队退伍军人兼牡蛎养殖户，最近几周面临一系列争议，包括因与纳粹象征有关联的纹身遭到批评、他过往发表的针对退伍军人的煽动性reddit帖子被重新翻出，以及有关他在婚姻存续期间与其他女性交换露骨色情信息的报道。
周二在国会山接受记者采访时，舒默被问及作为参议院民主党最高领袖，他是否对普拉特纳为其竞选活动遭遇的丑闻所做的解释感到满意。他回应称：“我今天会见了格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，我们将击败苏珊·柯林斯参议员，夺回参议院。”
普拉特纳争议引发对缅因州鲜为人知的选票替换条款的猜测
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默周二确认支持缅因州民主党候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，此时针对他的争议正不断升级。（乔·雷德莱/盖蒂图片社；安娜·莫尼姆/盖蒂图片社）
舒默被多次问及，尽管所有争议都是在他背书普拉特纳之后爆发的，他是否仍会支持普拉特纳。还有人问他，民主党对普拉特纳的支持是否会破坏该党批评德克萨斯州共和党参议院候选人肯·帕克斯顿的可信度——帕克斯顿也面临过类似的丑闻。
这位纽约州参议员没有直接回应这些问题。相反，他重复道：“我们将击败苏珊·柯林斯，夺回参议院。”
舒默试图引导记者转向其他话题。
“你们还有其他问题吗？”他说。但记者们仍继续聚焦于他对普拉特纳的支持。
在被第五次问及这位候选人后，舒默终于回应：“正如我所说，我背书了格雷厄姆·普拉特纳。”
“我们将击败苏珊·柯林斯，夺回参议院，”他重申道，随后转身离开。
桑尼·霍斯廷支持格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，此前曾称其为“骗子、种族主义者、反犹分子”
参议员伯尼·桑德斯与民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳于2026年5月24日在缅因州奥罗诺市缅因大学科林斯艺术中心举行的“打击寡头政治”巡回演讲上同台。（乔·雷德莱/盖蒂图片社）
除了各种丑闻缠身，普拉特纳的竞选活动本身也极具争议，他还因拥有一个“骷髅头”纳粹党卫军纹身而受到审查，之后他用另一个纹身遮盖了该图案。
这位极左翼参议院候选人最引发强烈反弹的是，他在一个已删除的reddit账号上发表的低俗言论被曝光。以“P-hustle”为用户名的普拉特纳曾开玩笑称自己在公共移动厕所里自慰，还发布过其他粗俗帖子。
普拉特纳还自称是共产主义者，将农村白人贬称为“种族主义者”和“蠢货”，并特指黑人不给小费。
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳在丑闻曝光后取消MSNBC采访，主持人称
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳是缅因州美国参议院民主党候选人，2025年10月22日在缅因州波特兰接受采访时指向自己被遮盖的、此前被认出是纳粹标志的纹身。（WGME/美联社）
近期还被曝光，普拉特纳在Kik——一个因身份验证宽松而助长儿童色情内容泛滥的匿名聊天平台——上拥有活跃账号。
福克斯新闻数字频道查看的该账号主页上，有一张普拉特纳仅腰间裹着毛巾的露骨照片。目前尚不清楚照片拍摄时间，但普拉特纳的该账号创建于2016年。
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舒默此前曾背书缅因州民主党州长珍妮特·米尔斯挑战柯林斯。米尔斯于4月退出竞选，称未能为竞选活动筹集到必要的资金支持。
她的退出让普拉特纳成为民主党初选的领跑者。
彼得·皮内多是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治撰稿人。
WATCH: Chuck Schumer sidesteps Platner scandals, confirms support for controversial Dem
2026-06-02 6:19pm EDT / Fox News
Schumer dodged questions on the controversies surrounding Platner’s campaign, vowed to ‘take back the Senate’
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Chuck Schumer doubles down on support for controversial Graham Platner
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sidestepped questions about controversial Democratic candidate Graham Platner and confirmed his support for the Democrat.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., ignored persistent questions about controversies surrounding Democrat Graham Platner and reaffirmed his support for the embattled Senate candidate.
Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, has faced a series of controversies in recent weeks, including criticism over a tattoo with links to Nazi imagery, resurfaced Reddit posts where he made inflammatory comments about veterans and reports about sexually explicit messages exchanged with other women during his marriage.
Speaking with journalists in the Capitol on Tuesday, Schumer was pressed on whether he, as the top Senate Democrat, is satisfied with Platner’s explanations of the scandals dogging his campaign. In response, he said, “I met with Graham Platner today, we’re going to beat Sen. Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”
PLATNER CONTROVERSIES FUEL SPECULATION ABOUT LITTLE-KNOWN MAINE BALLOT REPLACEMENT PROVISION
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., confirmed his support for Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner on Tuesday amid mounting controversy.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Schumer was asked several more times whether he still supports Platner in the face of the scandals considering his endorsement came before all the controversy. He was also asked whether Democrats’ backing of Platner undermines the party’s credibility in criticizing Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who has faced some similar scandals.
The New York senator did not respond to these questions directly. Instead, he repeated: “We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”
Schumer attempted to prompt reporters to ask about other topics.
“Any other subjects you got?” he said. But reporters continued to zero-in on his support for Platner.
After being asked about the candidate for a fifth time, Schumer finally responded, “As I said, I endorsed Graham Platner.”
“We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate,” he reiterated before walking away.
SUNNY HOSTIN SUPPORTS GRAHAM PLATNER DESPITE CALLING HIM ‘A LIAR, A RACIST, AN ANTISEMITE’
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner stand together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, on May 24, 2026.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Platner has run a deeply controversial campaign, in addition to being the subject of various scandals, he faced scrutiny for having a “Totenkopf” Nazi SS tattoo, which he then covered-up with a different tattoo.
The far-left Senate hopeful has most notably ignited backlash after his vulgar messages on a since-deleted Reddit account were uncovered. Under the moniker “P-hustle,” Platner joked about masturbating in public portable toilets, among other crude posts.
Platner also called himself a communist, denigrated rural White people as “racist” and “stupid” and singled out Black people for not tipping.
GRAHAM PLATNER PULLED OUT OF MS NOW INTERVIEW IN WAKE OF SCANDAL, HOST CLAIMS
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that was previously recognized as a Nazi symbol during an interview in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 22, 2025.(WGME via AP)
It was also recently uncovered that Platner has an active account on Kik, an anonymous chatting platform notorious for lax identification methods that have enabled the proliferation of child sexual abuse material.
The profile, reviewed by Fox News Digital, contains a sexually suggestive picture of Platner only wearing a towel around his waist. It is unclear when the image was taken, but Platner created the account in 2016.
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Schumer previously endorsed Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills to challenge Collins. Mills dropped out of the race in April, citing failure to garner the necessary financial backing for her campaign.
Her departure left Platner the frontrunner in the Democratic primary.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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