Graham Platner is now the Democratic nominee for
Maine’s U.S. Senate race. It’s been expected, as Maine Democrats are
eager to find someone who can challenge Trump. They are supporting a man
with Nazi tattoos, graphic social media posts, a sexting circus, and
allegations of domestic abuse. If two words come to mind, it’s damaged
goods. He also has a strange obsession with rape and wanting to attack a
home intruder, but not in a gay way—the New York Times piece really
detailed some of Platner’s bizarre quirks. It also revealed that he knew
exactly what tattoo he was getting on his chest.
Ex-girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield shared her story about dating the Maine
hobby oyster wrangler, who only sells to her mother’s restaurant. It’s a
detailed account of emotional abuse. Other women also came forward, but
Fifield became the face of the story, even though she thought she was
part of a group of stories, some of which were left out. She took to
social media to vent her frustrations about how the publication
butchered the article, betrayed her trust, and subjected her to vicious
attacks from Democrats. In The Free Press,
she wants to set the record straight and express her disapproval of
Democrats attacking her for speaking out, revealing that the ‘believe
all women’ trope is a political ploy that falls apart once liberals
realize it might hurt their chances of flipping the Senate: 
Graham Platner is now the Democratic nominee for
Maine’s U.S. Senate race. It’s been expected, as Maine Democrats are
eager to find someone who can challenge Trump. They are supporting a man
with Nazi tattoos, graphic social media posts, a sexting circus, and
allegations of domestic abuse. If two words come to mind, it’s damaged
goods. He also has a strange obsession with rape and wanting to attack a
home intruder, but not in a gay way—the New York Times piece really
detailed some of Platner’s bizarre quirks. It also revealed that he knew
exactly what tattoo he was getting on his chest.
Ex-girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield shared her story about dating the Maine
hobby oyster wrangler, who only sells to her mother’s restaurant. It’s a
detailed account of emotional abuse. Other women also came forward, but
Fifield became the face of the story, even though she thought she was
part of a group of stories, some of which were left out. She took to
social media to vent her frustrations about how the publication
butchered the article, betrayed her trust, and subjected her to vicious
attacks from Democrats. I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists. As
they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I
insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep
my word…
In The Free Press,
she wants to set the record straight and express her disapproval of
Democrats attacking her for speaking out, revealing that the ‘believe
all women’ trope is a political ploy that falls apart once liberals
realize it might hurt their chances of flipping the Senate: Overnight,
the Times report and Fifield’s claims became more than just a major
development in perhaps the most closely watched race of the 2026 midterm
cycle. The story set off a debate about journalistic bias, double
standards, and the behavior voters are willing to tolerate from
candidates today. Fifield is furious so many Democrats have
dismissed her allegations. “The situation that I’m in right now feels
like we’re in the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s,” a visibly shaken Fifield
told The Free Press at her home in Northern Virginia as her daughters
darted in and out of the kitchen. “Has anything changed in the way that
these stories are treated, when women come forward and people just put
them into a gristmill and pick apart their lives?” The day after
the article ran, Fifield went on X to criticize how the Times
journalists framed her story. She accused the paper of spending almost
as much time detailing her conservative ties as they did on her
descriptions of Platner’s alarming behavior. She told The Free Press
that the Times didn’t include her most serious allegations of physical
mistreatment until nearly halfway through the story. When asked
about these accusations, a spokesperson for The New York Times said the
story “accurately presents each of these accounts as told to our
reporters and according to our standards. We stand by our reporting of
the accounts from Ms. Fifield and the other women, who provided a
revealing look at the behavior of a major candidate for the U.S.
Senate.” Speaking at her kitchen table, Fifield said she was
frustrated at how people reacted to the bedroom anecdote. As she told
the Times, Platner held the door shut and told her to remain in the room
until she was “calm.” Fifield eventually fell asleep and left in the
morning, she said. Fifield says people have suggested she
instigated the fight or could have left the room if she wanted to. “I
have seen a lot of people conjecture about it. I was 120 pounds. I
absolutely could not have left if I wanted to,” she said. “At first I
was fighting back, and then I had this primal sense that if I really
kept forcing the issue and got that door open, I would not be safe.” Fifield
and Platner were romantically involved between 2013 and 2015. The Free
Press reviewed diary entries as well as messages she sent to friends,
describing the emotional turmoil she experienced during and after the
relationship. In a July 2016 diary entry, Fifield wrote about breaking
her lease in Washington, D.C., after the two split: “This jealousy used
to scare me so much I literally MOVED to get away from him,” she wrote.
“He didn’t want me but didn’t want anyone else to have me either.” She
told The Free Press that Platner privately wrestled with his time
serving in the military overseas and spoke often about wanting to die in
combat. Four of Fifield’s friends at the time said she confided in them
that she was worried about Platner’s mental state. Fifield’s
former roommate, Caroline Lee, said she recalled Fifield telling her
about Platner yanking her out of a cab after they lived together. Lee
said she personally never felt unsafe around Platner, but remembered
“feeling like this is somebody that I need to be cautious about, like I
don’t want to find the edge of something that is a temper.”
The sexting aspect adds another layer to this circus of a campaign,
and we also don’t know the ages of the women Platner was communicating
with. The thing is, most of the Platter's bad press is coming from
Democrat opposition research. The GOP has yet to fire its salvos. Your
own party found all this dirt on you, Graham. You can see why Maine
Democrats are uneasy. Overnight,
the Times report and Fifield’s claims became more than just a major
development in perhaps the most closely watched race of the 2026 midterm
cycle. The story set off a debate about journalistic bias, double
standards, and the behavior voters are willing to tolerate from
candidates today. Fifield is furious so many Democrats have
dismissed her allegations. “The situation that I’m in right now feels
like we’re in the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s,” a visibly shaken Fifield
told The Free Press at her home in Northern Virginia as her daughters
darted in and out of the kitchen. “Has anything changed in the way that
these stories are treated, when women come forward and people just put
them into a gristmill and pick apart their lives?” The day after
the article ran, Fifield went on X to criticize how the Times
journalists framed her story. She accused the paper of spending almost
as much time detailing her conservative ties as they did on her
descriptions of Platner’s alarming behavior. She told The Free Press
that the Times didn’t include her most serious allegations of physical
mistreatment until nearly halfway through the story. When asked
about these accusations, a spokesperson for The New York Times said the
story “accurately presents each of these accounts as told to our
reporters and according to our standards. We stand by our reporting of
the accounts from Ms. Fifield and the other women, who provided a
revealing look at the behavior of a major candidate for the U.S.
Senate.” Speaking at her kitchen table, Fifield said she was
frustrated at how people reacted to the bedroom anecdote. As she told
the Times, Platner held the door shut and told her to remain in the room
until she was “calm.” Fifield eventually fell asleep and left in the
morning, she said. Fifield says people have suggested she
instigated the fight or could have left the room if she wanted to. “I
have seen a lot of people conjecture about it. I was 120 pounds. I
absolutely could not have left if I wanted to,” she said. “At first I
was fighting back, and then I had this primal sense that if I really
kept forcing the issue and got that door open, I would not be safe.” Fifield
and Platner were romantically involved between 2013 and 2015. The Free
Press reviewed diary entries as well as messages she sent to friends,
describing the emotional turmoil she experienced during and after the
relationship. In a July 2016 diary entry, Fifield wrote about breaking
her lease in Washington, D.C., after the two split: “This jealousy used
to scare me so much I literally MOVED to get away from him,” she wrote.
“He didn’t want me but didn’t want anyone else to have me either.” She
told The Free Press that Platner privately wrestled with his time
serving in the military overseas and spoke often about wanting to die in
combat. Four of Fifield’s friends at the time said she confided in them
that she was worried about Platner’s mental state. Fifield’s
former roommate, Caroline Lee, said she recalled Fifield telling her
about Platner yanking her out of a cab after they lived together. Lee
said she personally never felt unsafe around Platner, but remembered
“feeling like this is somebody that I need to be cautious about, like I
don’t want to find the edge of something that is a temper.”
The sexting aspect adds another layer to this circus of a campaign,
and we also don’t know the ages of the women Platner was communicating
with. The thing is, most of the Platter's bad press is coming from
Democrat opposition research. The GOP has yet to fire its salvos. Your
own party found all this dirt on you, Graham. You can see why Maine
Democrats are uneasy. | 
