Fetterman Challenges Platner to Release Kik Messages With 12 Women
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Fetterman Challenges Platner to Release Kik Messages With 12 Women
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Summary
John Fetterman escalated his break with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, daring him to publish Kik messages allegedly exchanged with 12 women and questioning whether their ages can be verified.
The Pennsylvania Democrat tied that demand to a broader attack on Platner’s record, citing inflammatory remarks, reported Reddit posts, a video about Chris Kyle and a now-covered Totenkopf tattoo linked to the SS.
Platner’s campaign has acknowledged the Kik account, created in 2016, belonged to him, saying he deleted the app but did not deactivate the account; it did not immediately respond to the latest challenge.
The dispute is widening inside Democratic politics: Fetterman says he will not defend Platner, while Bernie Sanders has backed him and Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren have endorsed his bid against Susan Collins.
Platner has apologized for some past conduct, saying he did not know the tattoo’s Nazi association in 2007 and asking voters to judge him on who he is now after military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.