A campaign staffer for congressional candidate Stefany Shaheen repeatedly shoved a pastry into the camera of an America Rising tracker as he questioned her about whether she supported Graham Platner's U.S.Senate campaign.
Shaheen did not respond.Platner, the Democratic nominee for Maine's open Senate seat, has faced a string of controversies over the past year.Reports from last month revealed that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with up to a dozen women while married.
The scandal follows earlier scrutiny over inflammatory past Reddit posts and a tattoo resembling the Nazi-era Totenkopf symbol, which Platner has said he did not understand was associated with the SS when he got it.Shaheen is running for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, a seat left open by Rep.Chris Pappas' Senate bid to succeed her retiring mother.
Although neither Shaheen nor her mother, Sen.Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., has publicly supported Platner, Republicans seized on Shaheen's refusal to answer questions about him."Nepo baby Stefany Shaheen had the chance to condemn Graham Platner’s vile behavior.
Instead, she chose to stay radio silent while her staffer attacked a questioner with a donut," National Republican Congressional Committee Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole told Fox News Digital."Granite Staters deserve a representative who doesn’t glaze over simple questions and whose team knows not to weaponize a baked good."LONGTIME DEMOCRAT SENATOR'S DAUGHTER TAKES AIM AT TRUMP, MUSK, RFK JR, IN LAUNCH FOR KEY HOUSE SWING SEATU.S.
Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks during a campaign event on May 17, 2026, in Portland, Maine.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Fox News Digital reached out to Stefany Shaheen's campaign for comment.Despite Platner's mounting controversies, several prominent Democrats have continued to stand by him.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Sen.
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have all maintained their support for...