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普拉特纳自2016年起便拥有Kik账号，这款私密聊天应用因涉色情短信而臭名昭著
文/汉娜·布伦南，福克斯新闻
观看： 民主党参议员在性短信丑闻中回避是否支持普拉特纳的提问
民主党参议员面临质询：在露骨色情信息曝光后，他们是否仍支持缅因州联邦参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，多名议员拒绝给出直接答复。（图片来源：尼古拉斯·巴拉西 为福克斯新闻数字频道拍摄）
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多名民主党参议员在被问及与该候选人相关的泄露露骨性信息时，多次拒绝透露是否仍支持缅因州民主党联邦参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳。
普拉特纳近期引发公众争议的事件，是他在与妻子艾米·格特纳婚姻存续期间，与多名女性进行露骨性文字交流的内容被公开。
这位缅因州候选人还在Kik上拥有活跃账号——这款私密聊天应用常与随性性行为和匿名约会挂钩。该应用缺乏完善的身份验证机制，导致儿童性侵犯者得以在此传播不当内容。
据《华尔街日报》报道，他名为Phustle0331的账号自2016年起处于活跃状态，但普拉特纳的竞选团队此前已承认这个2016年创建的Kik账号归他所有，并表示他已从手机上删除了该应用，但并未注销账号。
观看： 珍妮·沙欣回避记者关于普拉特纳的提问，助手用分发甜甜圈转移注意力
缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳自2016年6月起拥有活跃的Kik账号。（安德鲁·哈勒尔/彭博社）
尽管大多数民主党人都不愿明确表态支持普拉特纳，但马萨诸塞州民主党参议员埃德·马基明确表示，他支持普拉特纳竞选缅因州联邦参议院席位，原因是普拉特纳反对唐纳德·特朗普总统。
“缅因州的这位候选人，也就是普拉特纳，他想要阻止特朗普对我们民主制度的专制破坏，”马基对福克斯新闻数字频道说道。“而另一位现任候选人则不敢反抗特朗普。因此，如果你关心我们的宪法，实际上只有一个选择。”
包括参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默在内的许多民主党议员，尽管丑闻愈演愈烈，仍继续支持普拉特纳，他们辩称，拿下缅因州当前由共和党掌控的参议院席位仍是民主党首要的政治要务。
观看： 查克·舒默回避普拉特纳丑闻，确认支持这位引发争议的民主党候选人
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默于周二确认，他支持缅因州民主党候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，尽管争议不断升级。（图片来源：乔·雷德莱/盖蒂图片社；安娜·莫尼姆/盖蒂图片社）
并非所有民主党人都给出了明确的背书。新罕布什尔州民主党参议员珍妮·沙欣表示，最终决定权属于缅因州的选民。
“我认为这最终要由缅因州的选民来决定，”沙欣说道。“我认为任何人都不应认可这种不当的性行为，但缅因州的选民将对此做出裁决。”
随着缅因州初选进入最后倒计时，一些民主党人拒绝就这场争议发表意见，也不愿说明他们是否仍支持普拉特纳。
“我从未见过他，也从未与他有过接触，我不会回答这个问题，”特拉华州民主党参议员克里斯·科恩斯说道。
威胁民主党人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳缅因州参议院竞选之路的一系列不断升级的争议
特拉华州参议员克里斯·科恩斯是在缅因州民主党议员丑闻不断升级之际，被问及是否支持普拉特纳的多名民主党参议员之一。（图片来源：尼古拉斯·巴拉西/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“我不在国会山处理竞选事务，”夏威夷州民主党参议员布莱恩·沙茨在被问及是否仍支持普拉特纳，以及是否出席了部分民主党议员周二与普拉特纳的会面时如此回应。
普拉特纳邀请了全体参议院民主党议员团参加周二的会议，但仅有约六名参议员到场。出席会议的包括佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯、马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦、纽约州民主党参议员柯尔斯滕·吉利布兰德、明尼苏达州民主党参议员蒂娜·史密斯以及佛蒙特州民主党参议员彼得·韦尔奇。
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初选定于周二举行，留给缅因州选民的时间仅剩数日，以决定这场争议是否会改变民主党最受关注的参议院竞选之一的走向。
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汉娜·布伦南是政治团队的数字制作助理。她此前曾在《阿斯彭每日新闻》实习，报道地方政府会议、社区发展、文化活动以及具有全国影响力的政治事件。她的报道内容包括阿斯彭安全论坛以及前众议院议长保罗·瑞安等知名人士的亮相。她于2025年12月提前以优异成绩毕业于科罗拉多大学博尔德分校，并于2026年1月加入福克斯新闻数字频道。
SEE IT: Dem senators dodge on backing Platner as Maine candidate’s scandal clouds final days before primary
June 4, 2026 4:18pm EDT / Fox News
Platner also has an active profile on Kik, a private messaging app known for sexual texting, since 2016
By Hannah Brennan, Fox News
WATCH: Senate Democrats deflect questions on support for Platner amid sexting scandal
Democratic senators faced questions over whether they still support Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after sexually explicit messages surfaced, with several declining to give a direct answer. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)
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Several Democratic senators repeatedly declined to say whether they still support Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner when pressed about leaked explicit sexual messages tied to the candidate.
Platner’s latest controversy in the public eye involves sexually explicit text exchanges with multiple women that surfaced publicly while he was married to his wife, Amy Gertner.
The Maine candidate also has an active profile on Kik — private messaging app associated with casual sex and anonymous encounters. The app lacks proper identification methods that have led it to enable child predators to share inappropriate material.
His profile, Phustle0331, has been active since 2016, but Platner’s campaign previously acknowledged that the Kik account, which was created in 2016, belonged to him, stating that he had deleted the app from his phone but did not deactivate the account, according to The Wall Street Journal.
WATCH: SHAHEEN DODGES REPORTER’S PLATNER QUESTIONS AS AIDE CREATES DONUT DISTRACTION
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has had an active account on Kik since June 2016.(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
While most Democrats were hesitant to vocalize their support for Platner, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., made it clear that he supports Platner in securing the Senate spot in Maine because of his opposition to President Donald Trump.
“We have in Maine, a candidate, that is Platner, who wants to stop Trump’s authoritarian destruction of our democracy,” Markey told Fox News Digital. “And we have another candidate, an incumbent, who hasn’t stood up to Trump. And so if you care about our Constitution, there’s really only one choice.”
Many Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have continued to back Platner despite the growing scandal, arguing that flipping Maine’s now Republican-held Senate seat remains a top political priority.
WATCH: CHUCK SCHUMER SIDESTEPS PLATNER SCANDALS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR CONTROVERSIAL DEM
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)
Not all Democrats offered an outright endorsement. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said the decision ultimately belongs to Maine voters.
“I think that’s up to the voters of Maine to decide,” Shaheen said. “I don’t think inappropriate sexual behavior should be approved by anybody who does it, but the voters of Maine will have to decide that.”
Some Democrats declined to weigh in on the controversy or say whether they still support Platner as the countdown to Maine’s primary election enters its final days.
“I haven’t met him, I haven’t engaged with him, and I’m not going to answer that,” Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said.
THE GROWING LIST OF CONTROVERSIES THREATENING DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER’S MAINE SENATE BID
Sen. Chris Coons was among several Democratic senators pressed on support for Graham Platner amid the Maine Democrat’s growing scandals.(Nicholas Ballasy/Fox News Digital)
“I don’t do campaign stuff in the Capitol,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said when asked both if he was still supporting Platner and if he attended the meeting between some Democratic senators and Platner on Tuesday.
Platner invited the entire Senate Democratic caucus to a meeting Tuesday, though only about half a dozen senators were seen attending. Those in attendance included Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt.
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The primary election is set for Tuesday, leaving Maine voters just days to decide whether the controversy changes the trajectory of one of Democrats’ most closely watched Senate races.
Fox News Digital’s Adam Pack and Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
Hannah Brennan is a Digital Production Assistant on the Politics team. She previously interned at the Aspen Daily News, where she covered local government meetings, community developments, cultural events and nationally significant political events. Her reporting included coverage of the Aspen Security Forum and appearances by prominent leaders such as former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. She graduated early with high distinction from the University of Colorado Boulder in December 2025 and joined Fox News Digital in January 2026.
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