{"id":985,"date":"2026-06-01T16:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=985"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:44:06","slug":"graham-platners-wife-amy-gertner-defends-her-husband-in-sexting-scandal-while-on-campaign-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=985","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner’s wife Amy Gertner defends her husband in sexting scandal \u2014 while on campaign payroll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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She\u2019s standing by her man \u2014 and getting paid for it.<\/p>\n

Presumptive Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner\u2019s wife, Amy Gertner, has pulled in nearly $30,000 since September of last year as a salaried staffer for her husband\u2019s campaign, The Post can confirm.<\/p>\n

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As of the end of March, Gertner had been paid $28,751.59 by the Graham for Maine campaign, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures.<\/p>\n

Platner\u2019s campaign has been rocked by revelations that emerged over the weekend that he exchanged sexual messages with at least six women on the chat app Kik, frequently used for hookups. The New York Times, which first reported on Gertner\u2019s status as a paid campaign worker, noted that she flagged the messages to a senior campaign aide.<\/p>\n

Following the reports of Platner\u2019s indiscretions by the Times and the Wall Street Journal, the campaign released a solo video of Gertner addressing her husband\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt makes me really angry, disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there\u2019s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip, instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on, like healthcare and education and childcare,\u201d Gertner said in the video, which had some critics on socail media likening her to a hostage.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI admire the f\u2014 out of him. So when there are news articles about our marriage, it\u2019s just extra sh\u2014y,\u201d she went on. \u201cCan I say that online? I hope I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Presumptive Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, has pulled in nearly $30,000 since September of last year as a salaried staffer for her husband’s campaign, The Post can confirm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nGraham Platner's wife Amy Gertner defends her husband in sexting scandal \u2014 while on campaign payroll - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=985\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graham Platner's wife Amy Gertner defends her husband in sexting scandal \u2014 while on campaign payroll - 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