Sanders Rebukes Towel-Clad GOP Protesters Over Platner's Kik Profile 6 Days Before Primary
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Sanders Rebukes Towel-Clad GOP Protesters Over Platner's Kik Profile 6 Days Before Primary
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Summary
Outside DSCC headquarters in Washington, Bernie Sanders snapped at towel-clad Republican staffers who challenged Democrats over backing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, telling them Republicans had no standing to lecture on morality.
The protest mocked Platner’s reported Kik mirror selfie and came as he met top Democrats ahead of Maine’s June 9 primary, with demonstrators chanting "Delete your Kik" and "Platner is a creep."
Platner is already under pressure over sexually explicit messages during his marriage, a tattoo identified as a Nazi symbol that he later covered, and resurfaced Reddit posts blaming rape victims, pushing racial stereotypes and encouraging political violence.
Fox News Digital said it found no evidence Platner contacted minors on Kik; the latest uproar instead centers on the app’s child-safety reputation, the suggestive profile photo and broader questions about his conduct.
The clash highlighted a widening Republican effort to tie Platner’s scandals to national Democrats, even as Sanders and other party figures continue to stand by him before the primary.