A parental rights group doubled down on its demand that Graham Platner be barred from school property across Maine after new revelations that Platner was sending sexually explicit messages to women on Kik, a chat site described as a “predator’s paradise” by the The Center on Sexual Exploitation.
“Following additional and shocking revelations of Graham Platner’s active profile on Kik—an app widely scrutinized by law enforcement and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation as a “predator’s paradise”—Parents’ Rights in Education Maine calls on school districts and public officials across the state to prohibit Graham Platner from holding campaign rallies, political events, or public appearances on school property,” said Parents’ Rights in Education (PRE) in a Monday press release.
The latest request to bar the presumptive Democratic nominee comes after the latest barrage of internet-related controversies struck Platner’s campaign.
New reports that Platner was sending sexually explicit text messages to women while married and that he was using a sexually suggestive Kik account added to the mountain of controversies surrounding the candidate over the weekend.
Platner’s Kik account, using the same “Phustle0331” name as his now-infamous Reddit page, includes a photo of what appears to be a shirtless Platner wearing nothing but a towel while judiciously obscuring his Nazi tattoo from view.
Kik allows users as young as 18 to create anonymous accounts and has been involved in numerous cases, nationwide and in Maine, involving child sexual exploitation.
Though there is currently no indication that the candidate used the app to contact minors, the revelations were enough to prompt PRE to redouble their efforts to have him banned from schools.
The organization, under the initiative of RSU 9 District Leader Emma Enman, began calling on school districts and officials statewide to bar Platner from schools following the release of old Reddit posts in which he admitted to masturbating in public porta potties.
“As a mother, I am deeply disturbed and disgusted by the recent graphic revelations regarding Graham Platner’s sexually deviant behaviors in public restrooms,” said Emma Enman. “Graham Platner’s past predatory behaviors must end his political rallies at schools here across Maine.”
PRE cited Maine state law that allows public sexual acts, such as those committed in porta-potties, as prosecutable indecent conduct.
