CLASS ACT, HIDING BEHIND YOUR WIFE: Maine Senate Dem Graham Platner puts wife Amy on video to defend against claims he was posting on creepy hookup app.
Amy Gertner, who married Platner in 2023, said that she was “deeply hurt” about the campaign’s former political director, whom she tipped off about the sexting, confirming the messages to the press.
The randy oyster farmer is believed to have had sexting affairs with up to a dozen women, according to reports.
“It makes me really angry, disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there’s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip, instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on, like healthcare and education and childcare,” Gertner groused in a video addressing the scandal.
Here’s the video, but be warned that the cringe factor is high.
Related: Platner reshuffles campaign and sends out NDAs as he struggles to get ahead of controversies.
Amid fallout from Platner’s controversial years-old social media posts, his campaign began sending non-disclosure agreements to staffers last week, according to his former top political director, Genevieve McDonald, who said she declined to sign one.
“The campaign offered me $15,000 to sign a NDA,” McDonald told POLITICO in an interview. “I did not accept the offer. I certainly could have used the money. I quit my job to work on Platner’s campaign, believing it was something different than it is.”
And here’s the background on what happened with McDonald: Mamdani spin doctor accused of threatening Graham Platner’s ex-staffer before she blew whistle on sexting scandal.
