There's Some 14 things About Platner

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Podcast Summary: The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

Episode: There’s Some 14 Things About Platner
Date: June 2, 2026
Host: Ben Ferguson (Premiere Networks)

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Overview

In this episode, Ben Ferguson delivers a pointed exposé on Graham Platner, the controversial Democratic frontrunner for the Maine U.S. Senate race. Ferguson lays out what he describes as a “top list” of 14 scandals and disqualifying actions involving Platner, arguing that despite these alleged transgressions, both the Democratic Party and the media continue to support him for the sake of power. The episode uses a critical and incredulous tone as Ferguson details each scandal and gives background on why he believes Platner’s candidacy reveals deep hypocrisy within Democratic circles.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction and Context

• Ferguson sets the stage for the episode, promising to detail “14 things you need to know about Graham Platner.”
  • Emphasis is placed on Platner’s continued support from the Democratic Party and corporate media despite mounting scandals.
  • Ferguson frames the episode as essential material for Maine voters and others interested in the current political climate.
  • “Many of you have asked me why exactly Graham Platner is such a controversial candidate… We've got a top list of the 14 things you need to know about Graham Platner.” (02:10)

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2. The "14 Things" About Graham Platner

Ferguson systematically lists and explains 14 scandals or controversies attributed to Platner. Below are detailed highlights, including direct quotes and timestamps.

1. Nazi SS Tattoo

• Platner reportedly had a Nazi SS tattoo on his chest for 18 years, claiming ignorance of the symbol’s meaning.
  • Ferguson extensively summarizes the SS’s legacy of genocide and atrocities.
  • “If you're going to get a tattoo and you decide to go with the SS insignia... you clearly understand that you're like on another level of... understanding what a Nazi is.” (03:50)
  • “Now, of course he lied. He's like, I didn't know what it was. Are you kidding me? Of course you knew what it was, and that's why you got it.” (06:01)

2. Membership on “Predator Sex Site”

• Claims Platner has (or had) an account on “Kick,” described as a platform for child exploitation and abuse.
  • References New York Times allegations.

3. Explicit Sexting After Marriage

• Reports that Platner exchanged sexually explicit messages with around six women in 2023, after getting married.

4. Racist Social Media Comments

• Platner allegedly disparaged black people as a group on social media, stating they “don’t tip.”
  • Ferguson calls this “Racism 101.” (08:01)

5. Victim-Blaming Sexual Assault Survivors

• Platner is cited for Reddit posts blaming sexual assault survivors for their attacks and downplaying service members’ reporting difficulties.
  • Ferguson paraphrases: “If you got raped and you're a chick and you, and you drank, that’s on you. And so I really don’t care.” (09:01)

6. Calling Rural Mainers “Racist and Stupid”

• Further Reddit comments surfaced in which Platner called rural Mainers “racist and stupid.”

7. Promotion of Violent Political Rhetoric, Anti-Police Sentiment

• Platner advocated for “an armed working class,” called police “bastards,” and posted “f these cops.”

8. Anti-LGBTQ+ Remarks and Slurs

• Apologies for “misogynistic and racially insensitive remarks,” but newly discovered anti-LGBTQ posts revealed.
  • Platner confirmed writing the posts: “I have zero reason to deny that the posts are mine… I have no reason to doubt that at some point I used language that I would not be using today. It's indefensible.” (Advocate interview, quoted at 10:40)
  • Posts included explicit “jokes,” casual slurs, and denigration through mockery.

9. Promotion of Holocaust Denier

• Platner reportedly promoted a Holocaust denier on social media.

10. Public Masturbation Bragging

• Ferguson claims Platner “bragged online about masturbating in public porta potties.” (13:25)

11. Mocking a Purple Heart Recipient

• Platner allegedly called a wounded veteran a “dumb mfer who didn’t deserve to live,” and “doubled down” when criticized.

12. Encouragement of Prostitution by Military Contractors

• Posts on Reddit encouraging “banging hookers in Thailand” and lamenting the closure of a loophole allowing this for contractors:
  • “Spending your leave banging hookers in Thailand instead of getting [blank] by the wife at home. And you could sell it as avoiding federal income tax.” (16:25)

13. Derogatory Comments About Christianity

• Platner called the Virgin Mary a “skank,” and Jesus a “zombie,” in Reddit posts from 2012.

14. DUI and Anti-Semitic Podcast Appearance

• Platner’s DUI is cited as an example of further disregard for legal or moral standards.
• Ferguson claims Platner also appeared on “an anti-Semite’s podcast” that denies the Holocaust and claims “the Jews killed Kennedy.”

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3. Final Thoughts and Critique

• Ferguson concludes the segment by expressing outrage that Platner still leads in polling:
  • “What’s even more shocking is he’s still ahead in the polls, which tells me something very clearly. The Democratic Party is soulless. They only care about power. They only care about controlling you.” (18:45)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On SS Tattoo:
  • “So if you want to be a Nazi, that's one thing. You want to level up and say, oh, no, I want to go pro with my tattoos. I don't just want a swastika. No, no, I want an SS tattoo. Then you are like, all right, well, here we go. I'm a concentration extermination camp kind of guy.” (05:03)
• On Media and Party Complicity:
  • “They [the media] love him. They don't care what he does. They don't care about his background, they don't care about his history, they don't care about the scandals, until the last 24 hours. Why? For one reason, because he's a Democrat.” (02:36)
• On Anti-LGBTQ+ Remarks:
  • “I have zero reason to deny that the posts are mine... It's indefensible.” (10:45, quoting Platner from an Advocate interview)
• On Political Cynicism:
  • “They [Democrats] only care about winning. And if it takes a guy like this to do it or cover up for him, they're totally fine with it.” (18:53)

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Timeline of Key Segments

• [02:10]–[02:35]: Introduction and episode goal—explanation of why Platner is controversial.
• [02:36]–[06:01]: SS tattoo background and implications.
• [06:20]–[14:30]: Full rundown of Platner’s scandals (2–12), with detailed context and media references.
• [14:30]–[16:25]: Encouragement of prostitution and loophole comments.
• [17:00]–[18:45]: Mockery of Christianity, DUI, anti-Semitic podcast appearance; Ferguson’s closing criticism on Democratic Party values.

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Tone & Style

• Ferguson’s tone throughout is incredulous, forceful, and sharply critical—frequently veering into sardonic humor, especially when recounting the more outrageous allegations.
• Several direct quotes from Platner’s posts (as reported by media), with Ferguson often adding his own caustic commentary.
• Guest commentator’s early jest about “oyster farming” reflects the episode’s blend of concrete allegations and pointed mockery. (01:39)

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Conclusion

Ben Ferguson’s episode presents a checklist of alleged scandals tied to Graham Platner, combining reporting from mainstream outlets with his own commentary and moral critique. The central argument is that Platner’s continued viability as a candidate—despite scandals ranging from racism and bigotry to sexual and criminal misbehavior—exposes what Ferguson views as the Democratic Party’s ultimate prioritization of power over principle.

Listeners are left with the question: How can such a candidate remain leading, and what does that say about the state of political accountability in America today?

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Summary prepared to be comprehensive and accessible for listeners and non-listeners alike, following the episode’s language and direct quotations where possible.

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You know, Ben, I will say this seriously. I'm beginning to wonder whether we're about to have something enter popular culture, which is a new euphemism of oyster farming. You know what? What is my scoundrel husband doing? Oh, he's oyster farming. I mean, this guy has a potential to like, set a term that is going to last well beyond the main Senate race. And if Saturday Night Live actually did come, they would have an entire skid on oyster farming. Like it fries out.

[Ben Ferguson]

You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

Good Tuesday morning. It's nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. Many of you have asked me why exactly Graham Platner is such a controversial candidate. Well, in Maine, you need to know especially what he's all about. And I hope all of you will share it. We've got a top list of the 14 things you need to know about Graham platner. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.

Story number one.

We're going to start with Maine's front running Democrat, the US Senate candidate, Graham Nazi Tattoo Platner. He is a man that Democrats have just completely been infatuated with. And the corporate media, they love him. They don't care what he does. They don't care about his background, they don't care about his history, they don't care about the scandals until the last 24 hours. Why? For one reason, because he's a Democrat. And if you say you're a Democrat, you can do and be and just about anything you want, right? You don't even have to know what a man is or what a woman is. The Democrats will stand by you. The more radical you actually are, the corporate media will also stand by you. Unless the Democratic Party tells you that then we need to turn on him. We saw this happen in California with Eric Swalwell, right? California love the guy. The Democratic Party loved the guy. Then all of a sudden he might lose and a Republican might win. And what'd they do? They used all of the dirt they knew about him, they protect him from, to then take him down. Well, we're now living in a world where that same media that created this individual, this Nazi tattoo guy, may actually look to destroy him. Or maybe not. Why? Because, well, even the Obamas seem to be trying to help behind the scenes. Now, let's just go through the list. All right, if you look at the list of things that this individual has done, if my count is correct, now, it's at 14 different scandals. All right, so, so let's start with number one. And I hope, by the way, all of you will take this information and I hope you will share it wherever you can. I hope that not only will you share it, but share the podcast, put it anywhere you can watch on social media. So let's start at number one. This is a guy who had tattooed on his chest a Nazi SS tattoo. And he said they didn't know what it was, but he had the tattoo for 18 years. Now, you may not know about the Nazi SS and exactly what they did. Like, you can, you can almost go even further than just like there's generic Nazis in Germany and then there's the ss. What did the SS do? Well, they were the major paramilitary organization under Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany. And, and these were the guys that began as a small guard unit known as the Hall Security. They were made up of party volunteers. Then they got even worse, right? They're like, all right, we start you there. Now the SS was the foremost agency on security, mass surveillance and state Terrorism within Germany and Germany occupied Europe. What's even more interesting about the ss, all right, and how hardcore these guys were is they were in charge of the concentration camps, right? They were the ones that were referred to as the deaths head units, all right? They ran the concentration camps and then they ran the extermination camps. So if you want to be a Nazi, that's one thing. You want to level up and say, oh, no, I want to go pro with my tattoos. I don't just want a swastika. No, no, I want an SS tattoo. Then you are like, all right, well, here we go. I'm a concentration extermination camp kind of guy. They were also tasked with detecting actual or potential enemies of Nazi Germany. They were in charge of neutralizing the oppression at all costs. And then they were also policing the German people and they would kill them if they thought you were getting out of line. They, they were committed to, quote, Nazi ideology and then providing domestic and foreign intelligence. Now, the ss, and again, I go back because I think it's important that you understand why he chose this tattoo. The SS was the organization most responsible for the genocidal murder of an estimated 6 million Jews and millions of other victims during the Holocaust. Now, members of its branches not only committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II. They. We now know through history that the SS was also involved in commercial enterprises and exploited concentration camp inmates as their slave labor, so they could even make cash off of them before they then exterminated them. Now, as after Nazi Germany's defeat, the SS and the Nazi party were judged by the international military tribunals at Nuremberg. There's a great movie about it. You can go see it right now. Uh, and what we learned is the highest ranking surviving SS main department chief was found guilty of not only crime, crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials, but he was also hanged in 1986. So if you're going to get a tattoo and you decide to go with the SS insignia tattoo instead of just, you know, the, the, the Nazi, you know, you know, swastika tattoo, you clearly understand that you're like on another level of, of, of understanding what a Nazi is, right? And so this is the tattoo that he chose. Now, of course he lied. He's like, I didn't know what it was. Are you kidding me? Of course you knew what it was, and that's why you got it. So that is the baseline for who he is. So let's move on to something else. We also know that he has an account on A what has been described by the New York Times a predator sex site called Kick. He's married. Everybody knows that. But this site is a site that is for child exploitation, underage sexual encounters and child pornography. That is what's there. You can go read the New York Times on this. So, so not only do we have a Nazi SS death's head tattoo that he had for 18 years, now we. He's like, oh, I'm going to get on this website that is a predator's safe haven for underage like, like exploiting of children and child pornography. We then find out, no surprise, that there's explicit sexting or sex texts from. With about a half a dozen women in 2023 after he got married about a year earlier. Move past that real quick. Disparage all black people as a population that doesn't tip. Yes. He actually has it on social media where he was out there and he was talking that saying that black people don't tip. That is what you refer to as Racism 101. The Democratic Party apparently has no problem within disparaging all black people as a population, saying that all black people don't tip. Number five, he blames sexual assault victims for being sexually assaulted. Now you may look at that and you go, hold on a second. What do you, what do you actually mean by that? All right, you know what, it's a great question. Graham Platner says sexual assault victims should take some responsibility. In Reddit post that he had throughout the years, he made the disturbing comments about sexual assault victims where then. And of course, of course he deleted them. Right. Right before he launched his campaign. But we had the, they had the, the data. They had them like it's there. We know it's there in the discussion. But what's interesting is he said that assault victims should take some responsibility for themselves to avoid attacks and act like an adult for effing sake. He said people should avoid alcohol so they don't end up in a compromising situation and then downplay the challenges service members face in reporting sexual assault. So he's like, look, if you got raped and you're a chick and you got, and you, and you drank, that's on you. And so I don't really care. And signed, I guess, you know how Hitler, like, I guess that's how this works. Now, now these, these comments came on the hills of the similar Reddit posts where that were uncovered, which included Platner saying people who live in rural Maine actually are racist and stupid. He also is promoting violent political actions including saying an armed working class is a requirement for economic justice, he said, deeming all police bastards and riding f these cops. So now we found out he's against police. He was promoting racist stereotypes by questioning, quote why don't black people tip quote unquote. I mentioned that a moment ago. And then using slurs and telling people to f off and die when asked about a recent vote against a power line in Maine. Now these are just some of the big things that he said online. So let's, let's just, you know, move past that for a second. I'm going to go out in a limb and say, hey, if you started attacking or smearing or mocking the LGBTQIA plus plus plus population as a Democrat in Maine, like that's got to get you in trouble, right? Like it's got to be apparently not today. Quote I find that stuff abhorrent. That is what Platner told the Advocate, and I'm sorry that I ever used it, referencing he and admitting he used indefensible anti gay slurs in his other Reddit posts. They even say in this Advocate.com story, quote a progressive U.S. senate candidate in Maine who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic and racially insensitive remarks and said that he did not realize that tattoo on his chest resembled a Nazi SS emblem, is again under scrutiny, this time for anti L G B T Q plus comments. In an interview on Wednesday afternoon, the Advocate Graham, a 41 year old Marine and Army veteran running in Maine's Democratic primary seeking to become the nominee to challenge Republican U.S. senator Susan Collins, confirmed that he offered a series of Reddit comments that included homophobic slurs, anti LGBTQ plus jokes and sexually explicit stories denigrating gay men. The existence of the comments posted under the handle p hustle between 2016 and 2021, meaning he did this a lot, all right, had not previously been reported on. The Advocate obtained the post independently this week. The revelation comes on the same day Platner is scheduled to hold a town hall in one part of the state, a seaside resort long known as New England's most prominent LGBTQ destinations, featuring a thriving gay community and pride celebrations that draw visitors from across the region. Quote, I have zero reason to deny that the posts are mine, platner said in a zoom interview. I made a lot of comments over the years and talked a lot of blank on the Internet. I have no reason to doubt that at some point I use language that I would not be using today. He paused and then added, it's indefensible now, these posts that were obtained by the Advocate, all right, says they unearthed them and show a pattern of homophobic language and rhetoric that mocked and demeaned the LGBTQ plus people. In some cases, Platner appeared to use slurs casually in discussions unrelated to sexuality. In others, he explicitly framed gay people as the punchline. In June 2016, Platner wrote in a thread about life on military guard duty, saying, no, seriously, flog the blankers as often as possible. Write gay poetry about how gay your current job is. Congratulations, you made it through one shift. Now do it all again in 12 hours. Welcome to the world of standing post, where sanity is a sliding scale, quote, unquote. In March 2018, two years later, he wasn't done. He recounted explicit detail what he described as a, quote, gay off between Marines and British sailors and Bahrain pulling to Bahrain in oh, seven at a meu, a Royal Navy submarine happens to be imported. At the same time, before we even realize what's going on, the other weird blankers just leaned down and licked the blank from the bottom of the blank all the way up to the blank, stand up, look dead at us, and yelled, beat that. I probably withdrew our team on the grounds that one cannot play gay chicken if one is actually gay. This is what he wrote online. Now, you would think that these explicit posts. And by the way, there's some in 18 and 19 and 20 and 21, and even in 2022, the Advocate, which is obviously advocate advocating for gay lesbian communities, they write all this stuff, but apparently it was just to help him get it out there and we'll move on. So that doesn't even disqualify him from being the Democratic nominee. Number eight, he promoted an alleged Holocaust denier on social media. So not only is this guy wearing an SS tattoo, right, the death's head tattoo, and then claims that no, it is. But he also has a Holocaust denier, someone who believes the Holocaust never happened on social media. He also. And if you have kids, earmuffs. All right, that's my warning. He actually bragged online about masturbating in public. Porta potties. Yes, those were his words. I'm sure he will tell you. Don't worry. I wouldn't say that. Now, uh, are Democrats ashamed of this being their candidate? Nope, they're still standing by him, even with the porta potty comments. So now, like, surely that's it. Nope, that's not all. Graham Platner also mocked a Purple Heart recipient as a dumb mfer who didn't deserve to live and then doubled down on the comments when he was asked about it. So doesn't believe he did anything wrong. Doesn't think that you that it's wrong to mock a purple heart recipient and saying that the dumb mfer didn't deserve to live. Interesting. He also encouraged military contractors to bang hookers in Thailand.

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[Ben Ferguson]

Giving details that you guys ought to go out there and, you know, you should just bang some of them hookers. Yes. He actually once lamented Thai prostitute loophole closing. The Democratic candidate in Maine complained of a loophole closing that closing that permitted military contractors to have relations with Thailand prostitutes under the name P Hustle. The Democratic candidate, Platner reportedly wrote on a Reddit post in June of 19 that military contractors could spend their time banging hookers in Thailand instead of getting blanked at the wife back by the wife back home. Spending your leave banging hookers in Thailand instead of getting bitch stat by the wife at home. And you could sell it as avoiding federal income tax. Platner wrote. Once the Afghans started using our paychecks as a personal piggy bank, the whole loophole disappeared. Platner admitted to using the handle after the maid monitor reported about his Reddit post. There it is. It's. I, I mean, it's, it's incredible. It is. It, it's truly incredible. Now you would think that would be enough, right, for the Democrats to say, okay, like, we gotta stop. Like, this guy can't be the guy. Nope, keep going. He also called the Virgin Mary a skank. Yes, a skank. The Democrat candidate referred to Jesus also as a zombie. The Virgin Mary is a skank. And a Reddit post from 2012, that is this man. So he hates Christians, he hates Jesus, he hates Mary, and this is the perfect guy for the Democratic Party. He also got a dui. Not that anyone cares. Right inside Graham Platner's controversial rise. Another article talking about his dui. But it's totally fine. Not a pro, not a problem at all, right? He just, you know, sometimes you got to go out there and you got to, you know, get a dui. And finally, the newest thing, he appeared on an anti Semites podcast. Who says the Jews killed Kennedy? Now this is just what we know. What's even more shocking is he's still ahead in the polls, which tells me something very clearly. The Democratic Party is soulless. They only care about power. They only care about controlling you. They only care about winning. And if it takes a guy like this to do it or cover up for him, they're totally fine with it.

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