Maine’s Graham Platner meets with Democratic senators amid controversy

Graham Platner visited Washington on Tuesday to meet with Democrats amid fresh controversy.

WASHINGTON — Graham Platner visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday to meet with Democrats amid fresh controversy.

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So far, no senator has reneged on their support for him after reports emerged over the weekend that Platner’s wife privately alerted a campaign official that he sent sexually explicit text messages to other women early in their marriage.

A source with knowledge of the meetings said they had been “on the books for a while” and were unrelated to the recent stories.