Why men are sexual bad boys?
Or why we run bad boys for high office?

.... and why couldn't his wife realize that she should not confide in anyone if her husband has political aspirations. She was naive, not evil, but the Republicans will try to take this and run. But then again they support a convicted sexual assaulter and a accused rapist.

It was extremely important that the campaign manager know about any skeletons
before running a campaign. They hate getting blindsided.
You have to stay ahead of the bad news.

And it is naive to think the MAGAs would not have found out about this on their own.
They hire detectives to scrape out the tiniest bit of dirt on Dems.

The answer to your other question:
The sex drive in males is incredibly strong (see Darwin for more info on this topic).
And with some men of weak character/ limited intellect/ poor judgment,
they act it out even when it means the destruction of everything important to them:
marriage, family, income, job, country, etc.

See quite often threads mostly criticizing him so from that I’m surprised he’s winning in the polls at this point in time.

and look what happen with him. ELECTED TWICE!!!!!!!! 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

“I confided deeply personal details about my marriage to someone I considered a friend,” she said. “I trusted this person with the most private chapter of our lives — the early days of our marriage before any campaign was on our mind.”

“Our marriage today is stronger than ever before,” she added. “I know the man I married and the husband he has been to me on the best and the worst days of my life. That hasn’t changed, and it won’t.”

“We did the hard work that marriage requires. We went to counseling. We were honest with each other in ways that weren’t easy. And we came through it.”

“The Maine that we love so much is under attack,” Ms. Gertner said. “And I know that he’s the right person to do the job.”

Amy Gertner is Platner's wife.

On Sept. 15, Platner’s committee, Graham For Maine, paid Amy Gertner $1,799.81, and two weeks later issued another payment of $1,799.82, labeling both transactions as “salary.”

A former campaign staffer who requested anonymity told The Judge Street Journal that Gertner was initially brought on as a volunteer coordinator to help with early campaign efforts. The staffer said the campaign decided to pay Gertner for several reasons, including concerns about the optics of Platner drawing a salary himself and the possible effect on his veterans disability payments.

Platner has told News Center Maine he receives $4,800 per month in disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The former staffer said Gertner previously earned a salary from the oyster farm Platner owns and that the campaign income helped supplement that loss once campaigning began.

A spokesperson for the campaign confirmed that Gertner works full time for the campaign and described her as a valued member of the team. “She manages the campaign schedule and is a volunteer coordinator,” the statement said. “Additionally, as a former teacher, Amy also helps with the campaign’s education work.”

https://www.themainewire.com/2025/11/platner-pays-wife-through-campaign-keeps-his-disability-payments/

like this goes national.