US EditionDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner disavows series of deleted social media posts
Platner disavows inflammatory posts criticizing police and rural white Americans, stressing they reflect past anger not current views amid a competitive Maine Senate primary.
- Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, disavowed his past social media posts where he identified as a communist and made controversial statements about police and rural white Americans.
- Platner's candidacy is supported by younger Democrats, including David Hogg, who believe he can appeal to younger voters.
- Senator Bernie Sanders criticized the establishment for supporting Governor Mills instead of Platner, expressing concern about a divisive primary.
- After revelations of his past comments, including suggestions for violence as a means of change, Platner claimed his previous views don't reflect who he is today.
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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner apologizes for past social media posts
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer who is running in the Democratic primary for Senate in Maine, on Friday apologized for some of his past social media posts in which he criticized police and called rural, white Americans racist and stupid.
New York Magazine Mourns Exposure of Maine Democrat Golden Boy as Violence-Hyping Extremist
Ah! It seemed too good to be true. A Marine veteran who was also an oyster-farmer man of the people who, as a Democrat, promised to take down Maine's Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2026 election. The new Golden Boy of Democrats everywhere as well as an eager media who sung his accolades across the land. Unfortunately for them, it all came crashing down as you can read in a sad report on Thursday by Benjamin Hart of New York magazine's I…
NEW: Far-Left Senate Candidate Embroiled In Scandal Over Violent Social Media Posts
Recently resurfaced social media posts have thrown a Bernie Sanders-backed Senate candidate’s campaign into disarray after he was caught espousing violent rhetoric and referring to himself as a communist. Graham Platner, a U.S. Marine and Army veteran who is seeking to unseat longtime Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), posted on the far-left social media platform Reddit in 2018 that “all” police are bastards and called himself a “communist.” In a sep…
Platner's Hit With Social Media Allegations - Patriot Newsfeed
Graham Platner, the Democrat aiming to unseat Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, enters the race with a résumé that reads more like a summer on the Vineyard than a serious campaign for federal office. Yes, Platner served in the military — a respectable credential on its own. But what came after that tour of duty? Not public service, not legal advocacy, not a career in the trenches of policy. No, Platner decided to “follow his bliss” — and ended up far…
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