Sen.John Fetterman, D-Pa., isn’t going to bat for Graham Platner as his Democratic colleagues tip-toe around the embattled candidate’s growing list of scandals. The lawmaker compared Democrats’ willingness to support, or at least not disavow, Platner’s actions to the same support for disgraced former Rep.
Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who resigned from Congress earlier this year over allegations of rape and sexual assault. "I'm saying that the last time Democrats leaned in on a guy that was sending, you know, [these] kinds of messages to women, I think that was like Swalwell, you know," Fetterman said."I don't know, that's not someone I'm never gonna carry water for."WATCH: SCHIFF DUCKS PLATNER QUESTIONS AS EMBATTLED DEM SENATE HOPEFUL HITS DCSen.
John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber during votes on Nov.10, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Platner has been embroiled in controversy since last year when it was revealed that he had a symbol of Nazi iconography tattooed to his chest.Since then, troves of old Reddit posts under the name "P-Hustle," explicit texts sent to other women while he was married and the revelation that he has an account on the controversial Kik platform have dogged the candidate in recent weeks and days. But Democrats and his top supporters in the Senate, by and large, aren’t breaking with Platner, given that the party is determined to flip Maine in their quest to retake control of the upper chamber.And he is set to meet with Democratic lawmakers in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. SANDERS SAYS PLATNER HAS THE 'GUTS' TO FIGHT BILLIONAIRES DESPITE GROWING SCANDAL PILEUPStill, Fetterman, who often breaks with Democrats on anything from funding the government to the war in Iran, was highly critical of Platner, whom he referred to by his online handle "P-Hustle."Fetterman didn’t explicitly say that Platner should drop out of the race, however. When asked if Maine Gov.
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