A woman who says she had an affair with Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in 2021 told the New York Post in an exclusive interview that Platner cheated on his fiancée and described his Nazi tattoo as a reminder that the United States was “the evil bad guy overseas.”
The significance of this woman’s account is that she is now the second person to challenge Platner’s claim that he was unaware of the meaning behind the tattoo on his chest. According to her, Platner not only understood its symbolism but openly discussed and even boasted about it.
Here is what she told the Post:
“As a person who is a leftist, I immediately looked at him and asked him, ‘Is that a Totenkopf?’ and he told me a whole, ‘he will hold this weight forever’ bravado sob story about how it was, but he decided to keep it as a reminder that the United States was the evil, bad guy overseas,” she recounted.
And, unlike Lyndsey Fifield, the conservative woman who spoke to the New York Times last week, this accuser identifies as a liberal. The Post describes her as a “left-wing streamer.” The distinction matters because the Platner campaign tried to discredit Fifield’s allegations by portraying them as politically motivated.
While it remains doubtful that this new controversy will prompt Democratic leaders to abandon Platner, the allegations are both recent and detailed, further reinforcing a pattern of behavior that paints the candidate as a serial cheater and a liar.
This woman said she met Platner on the Tinder platform and texted with him for months. They began dating in February 2021 when she moved to Maine “for work.” In July, she learned that he was engaged to be married and broke off the relationship.
She explained that Platner was not engaged to his current wife at the time, but to another woman. The relationship ultimately ended. His former fiancée declined the Post’s request for an interview.
The Post reviewed the woman’s social media activity from 2021 and identified multiple posts that appeared to reference a romantic relationship with “Graham” during the period in question.
Here is one of them:
Although she asked that her name not be used in the article, the Post reported that she “publicly shared screenshots of private [text] messages” that corroborate her account. Those screenshots can be viewed in the article.
On August 22, 2025, the woman wrote, “4 people reached out to me at like 7:30 in the morning, like look who it is, Mr. oyster man.”
She added, “It’s crazy cuz I also know he has a very unfortunate tattoo, and he never gave me back my pie dish, so I’m considering selling him out.”
In a September 26 exchange, her mother asked, “Is Graham Platner the dude from Maine?”
The woman replied, “Yeah. lmaooooo”
“Yup, seeing his stuff on social media. You were right, he’s kinda hot, too bad he was a douche,” the mother wrote.
The woman responded, “Yeah dude, Small d**k, Makes weird noises, Nazi tattoo, Was f***ing around on his fiancée, Good riddance.”
“All fixable except CHEATER,” the mother said.
“Idk man I think there’s a lot of that that isn’t fixable”
“Oh yeah, forgot about the tattoo”
In a second text exchange, a friend sent her a photo of a Platner campaign ad. The woman replied, “LMAO, NO F***ING WAY”
The friend said, “Yes, f***ing way lol, He’s got a decent platform”
“Better not take a peek at the Nazi tattoo on his chest,” the woman noted.
She said she no longer has her old text messages with Platner because she deleted them after learning he was engaged to another woman.
In another political era, allegations of this nature might have been enough to end a candidate’s campaign. Yet because Democrats view Maine as one of their best opportunities to reclaim the Senate, Platner continues to enjoy the party’s backing. As I argued last week, there appears to be no red line he could cross that would prompt Democrats to abandon him. No matter how troubling the accusations become, the party seems determined to stand by their man.
Elizabeth writes commentary for Legal Insurrection and The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Please follow Elizabeth on LinkedIn.
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