SEE IT: Dem senators dodge on backing Platner as Maine candidate’s scandal clouds final days before primary

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Several Democratic senators repeatedly declined to say whether they still support Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner when pressed about leaked explicit sexual messages tied to the candidate. Platner’s latest controversy in the public eye involves sexually explicit text exchanges with multiple women that surfaced publicly while he was married to his wife, Amy Gertner. The Maine candidate also has an active profile on Kik — private messaging app associated with casual sex and anonymous encounters. The app lacks proper identification methods that have led it to enable child predators to share inappropriate material. His profile, Phustle0331, has been active since 2016 , but Platner's campaign previously acknowledged that the Kik account, which was created in 2016, belonged to him, stating that he had deleted the app from his phone but did not deactivate the account, according to The Wall Street Journal . WATCH: SHAHEEN DODGES REPORTER'S PLATNER QUESTIONS AS AIDE CREATES DONUT DISTRACTION While most Democrats were hesitant to vocalize their support for Platner, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., made it clear that he supports Platner in securing the Senate spot in Maine because of his opposition to President Donald Trump . "We have in Maine, a candidate, that is Platner, who wants to stop Trump’s authoritarian destruction of our democracy," Markey told Fox News Digital. "And we have another candidate, an incumbent, who hasn’t stood up to Trump. And so if you care about our Constitution, there’s really only one choice." Many Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., have continued to back Platner despite the growing scandal, arguing that flipping Maine's now Republican-held Senate seat remains a top political priority. WATCH: CHUCK SCHUMER SIDESTEPS PLATNER SCANDALS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR CONTROVERSIAL DEM Not all Democrats offered an outright endorsement. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said the decision ultimately belongs to Maine…