Overview
- News outlets on Tuesday published archived Reddit comments that attribute sexually explicit porta‑potty claims and graphic praise of bathroom graffiti to Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
- The posts appeared under “P-Hustle,” a now‑deleted account Platner has acknowledged using, including a 2017 remark about masturbating in portable toilets and a 2021 ode to “GWOT” graffiti tied to Manas, a U.S. military transit hub in Kyrgyzstan.
- Platner has said many of his old online comments were jokes or “s---posting” that readers are taking out of context, and his campaign did not provide fresh comment in the initial reports.
- The National Republican Senatorial Committee and GOP strategists called the remarks disturbing and signaled they plan to use the material against him in the general election.
- The new disclosures add to past controversies over his Reddit history and a Nazi‑linked tattoo he later covered, a pattern now weighing on assessments of his judgment as a Sanders‑ and Warren‑backed newcomer preparing to face Sen. Susan Collins.