Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner was heckled as he arrived at a meeting of Senate Democrats by a chorus of 30 protesters Tuesday about the hookup app KiK — a site known for facilitating teen hookups — when he was in his 30s.
The protesters who, did not identify themselves with a particular organization or political side, waved signs that read, “Delete your KIK,” “Platner messaged minors,” “Platner is a fraud,” and “Why does Platner still have KIK?” as they waited outside for Mr. Platner to leave the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill.
They also chanted, “Port-a-potty Platner,” “Hey-hey-ho-ho P-Hustle’s got to go,” “Graham shamed Maine,” “Delete your KIK” and “Platner is a freak”
The account used the name Graham Platner and the handle associated with his Reddit and Instagram posts, “Phustle,” and “Phustle0331.”
Democratic lawmakers who met with Mr. Platner inside the offices of the DSCC were heckled by a protester with a bullhorn who asked why Mr. Platner’s KiK account is still active.
“Sen. (Amy) Klobuchar, Sen. (Adam) Schiff, Sen. (Edward) Markey, did you ask Graham Platner if he could state unequivocally that he’s never communicated with a minor on Kik?” the protester said.
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The KiK profile was created in June 2016, when Mr. Platner was about 31 years old.
The revelation about the KiK account comes after Amy Platner recorded a video defending her husband and expressing anger at media reports that exposed his sexting with several women.
Mrs. Platner alerted her husband’s campaign staffers about the sexually explicit texts in the days before the Democrat announced his Senate bid, when the party was scanning his past for any dirt that political opponents might find.
