Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has been largely avoiding the press in the wake of his most recent scandal.The presumptive Democratic nominee came under controversy over the weekend after reports revealed that Platner had sent explicit messages to at least six women while he was married.In the days following the reports' release, Platner has continued to make public appearances at rallies but has stopped speaking to mainstream news outlets.In a newsletter on Monday, News of the United States (NOTUS) reported that Platner had dropped out of a rescheduled phone interview on Sunday after the initial story broke on Saturday."It’s been hard to pin down Platner over the past few days.
Igor [Bobic] was supposed to interview him Thursday in Maine, but Platner’s team said he didn’t have time.Platner’s staff then offered Igor some time to speak with him by phone on Sunday, but after the story broke Saturday, the interview was canceled again," NOTUS reported.PLATNER STILL HAS ACTIVE ACCOUNT ON ANONYMOUS APP DUBBED 'PREDATOR'S PARADISE' AMID CHEATING SCANDALMaine Democrat Graham Platner has been avoiding reporters and allegedly canceling interviews in the wake of his latest scandal.
(Sophie Park/Getty Images)The Maine Wire, a conservative local news outlet, also shared video on Sunday of Platner's staff blocking reporters from speaking with the Maine Democrat as he left a rally.On the same day, MS NOW host Eugene Daniels claimed on his show "The Weekend" that Platner's team pulled an interview, after Platner's wife, Amy Gertner, released a five-minute video defending Platner and his campaign."It is not gossip if she brought it to the campaign herself and told them what it is.Graham Platner was supposed to come on the show… His team pulled out," Daniels said.
"They came to us and wanted to come on.They pulled out.
I think we saw why yesterday as these stories came out."Platner's campaign denied the claim at the time, calling it "flat out inaccurate" and smear...