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Platner Maintained Sexually-Suggestive Profile on 'Predator's Paradise' App Known For Child Exploitation
Townhall.com ^ | 30 May A.D.. 2026 | Joseph Chalfant

Posted on 05/30/2026 5:26:13 PM PDT by lightman

Democrat candidate for Maine U.S. Senate Graham Platner has had a long history of sexual deviancy unearthed over the course of his political campaign. It’s previously been revealed that Platner has engaged in bouts of masturbation in public restrooms, had phone sex on a network compromised by the Taliban, and cried over the closure of a Thailand prostitution tax-loophole.

A recent report from the Wall Street Journal revealed that Platner has an account on an anonymous messaging platform known for playing host to countless sexual predators, Kik.

Platner’s account, which goes by the username phustle0331, remains active today. His chosen avatar is a mirror selfie where an individual appears to be dressed in nothing but a bath towel. The tattoos featured on the individual match tattoos that Platner had as recently as October when he conducted an interview with a local ABC affiliate, confirming that he is the individual pictured. Further, the username matches that of private Instagram account associated with Platner as well as his infamous Reddit account.

Platner’s Kik account, which he later admitted was his to the Wall Street Journal, was created on June 26, 2016. By that time, Kik has already garnered a strong reputation as a platform rife with predators seeking to sexually exploit children. Several cases received widespread attention, including a 2016 sting operation that resulted in the arrests of more than 2,600 predators. The issue was considered so prevalent that the New York Times published an exposé on the dangers the app posed to children.

Maine, the state Platner hopes to represent, has especially faced issues with residents using the platform to prey on children. In June of last year, one man received a sentence of 30 to 60 years for producing videos of children being sexually abused for users of the platform. Another case from September revealed that a man would attend children’s sporting events to obtain photos he would later sexualize through an AI generator.

Experts estimate that 70 percent of the anonymous messaging platform's users are aged 13 to 24. Recent rule changes to the app prohibit minors from accessing the app, but there is currently no age verification to ensure that users are actually adults. To this day, the app has been considered a “Predator’s Paradise.”

Platner's campaign has claimed that he candidate has deleted the app from his phone, but had failed to deactivate it.

The predator-app using Platner, who is the favorite to receive his party’s nomination, is just days from his primary election. He is expected to face off against Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November in what is one of the most-watched races this cycle.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: crime; maine; nazi; perv; platner; predator
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More job security for Susan Collins.

>>>>>SPIT!

1 posted on 05/30/2026 5:26:13 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Platner wouldn’t have been selected for the job if he were NOT a sexual deviant


2 posted on 05/30/2026 5:28:00 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: lightman

Said by others. The guy is nuts. Has serious problems.


3 posted on 05/30/2026 5:28:50 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Sequoyah101

Sorta makes Ken Paxton look like a Saint in Texas.


4 posted on 05/30/2026 5:34:55 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( )
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To: lightman
Platner is an absolute piece of sh*t.

But disparaging him because he's on Kik is like disparaging someone because they're on X (twitter), DU, Bluesky, WhatsApp, SnapChat, or even FreeRepublic.

Just because someone's on an anonymous messaging platform doesn't make them scum automatically; for most it just means they don't want the damned government tracking them and reading their private correspondence.

That said, I have absolutely no problem calling Platner a creep and a predator based on what's already known and published about him in the public domain, largely his own statements.

I'm disappointed to see so many right-wing news sources resorting to outright misleading reporting tactics like the the Left uses in the last few years. I guess it helps maybe at the polls, but it feels like we're ceding the moral high ground that we've always held.
5 posted on 05/30/2026 5:35:16 PM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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This Democrat favorite is a skunk.... But holy cow his opposition somehow gets all the intel on him.


6 posted on 05/30/2026 5:39:33 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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To: lightman

Mord likely a democratic 2028 presidential lead. The sicker and twisted the ideology the higher up they go on the leftist hierarchy.


7 posted on 05/30/2026 5:40:41 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it! I want lower taxes.)
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To: verum ago
Since FR is stuck in the coal-fired ages and doesn't allow edits:

a thought I failed to articulate: you can make 'creep' allegations about basically any user of any anonymous platform these days, because they all have creeps on them, taking advantage of the anonymity. Yes, Kik leans younger, but I'm a Kik user myself merely because my job requires me to communicate with teenagers and it's a popular choice for them. The mere fact that I'm on Kik doesn't make me a predator. (For the record, I f*cking hate being on a majority-underaged platform for the exact reason the article cites: it's crazy easy for someone to baselessly insinuate I'm a creep! I'm perpetually on edge because of this.)

Again, all the above said, based on what's already publicly known, I wouldn't trust Platner with the corpse of my cat that died 10 years ago. Dude's a serious creep. I'm just objecting to painting with a wide brush all users of anonymous platforms as creeps like him. Full stop.
8 posted on 05/30/2026 5:42:22 PM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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Well he’s done for...NAZI and Pedo...

We need to primary Collins to take back maine!


9 posted on 05/30/2026 5:42:43 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (RL)
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To: Sequoyah101
Said by others. The guy is nuts. Has serious problems.

You act like that's a bad thing.

10 posted on 05/30/2026 5:49:19 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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I would bet that he has child porn on his phone................


11 posted on 05/30/2026 5:52:27 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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It seems the dems have decided this guy needs to go.


12 posted on 05/30/2026 5:53:46 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: lightman

Is this IT? Recently, there was an article saying there was news on someone which was so bad, it would force him to leave the S5ate (or Country. I can’t remember. Dementia...)


13 posted on 05/30/2026 5:58:23 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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The GOP Is Holding a Bombshell on Graham Platner: ‘He’ll Have to Leave the State’

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/04/the-gop-is-holding-a-bombshell-on-graham-platner-hell-have-to-leave-the-state-n4952486


14 posted on 05/30/2026 6:01:21 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: lightman

He’ll blame it on PTSD

PEDOPHILE TRANSSEXUAL SEEKING DEVIANT


15 posted on 05/30/2026 6:04:17 PM PDT by shotgun
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“Said by others. The guy is nuts. Has serious problems.”
I agree. He’s a psychiatric mess……..maybe even a psychopath.
He’s also a total narcissist.


16 posted on 05/30/2026 6:11:32 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: lightman

Just a matter of time before photos of Platner and underaged boys emerge.


17 posted on 05/30/2026 6:22:48 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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They’ll just say it’s AI.


18 posted on 05/30/2026 6:30:36 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: lightman

At this point they will need to let it ride until the primary. Assuming he comes out the winner, but the powers to be want to replace him, he can resign by the second week of July and be replaced by the 4th week of July.

Although Janet Mills suspended her campaign she did not file a letter of withdrawl with the SOS, so she could technically win the primary.

I wish all of the ammo had been held until after the primary or more idealy until July. We could have taken him out without them being able to replace him.


19 posted on 05/30/2026 6:34:23 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: for-q-clinton

The primary in Maine is on June 9th.


20 posted on 05/30/2026 6:50:18 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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