US EditionPlatner deletes social media post promoting far-right figure Stew Peters
Platner deleted a post from extremist Stew Peters within an hour after it was flagged; his campaign said it was an oversight during reposting, reflecting ongoing scrutiny of his campaign.
- On Thursday, Graham Platner amplified a post from Stew Peters, then deleted it within hours after online observers flagged the account and content.
- Platner's campaign said the post was an oversight while reposting a C‑SPAN clip of Trump on a potential war with Iran and that politicians send "other people's children to die in stupid wars."
- Records show far-right radio host Stew Peters promotes antisemitic tropes and Holocaust denial, with the Anti-Defamation League calling him a "prolific antisemite" and the Southern Poverty Law Center labeling his show a hub for antisemitic conspiracies.
- Despite controversy, the campaign said the post was an oversight as Platner leads in the Maine Democratic primary against Gov. Janet Mills, with Sen. Susan Collins as the likely opponent.
- Journalists noted Stew Peters, far-right radio host, helps mainstream neo-Nazi propaganda, while progressive defenders and critics on social media debated the need for higher vetting of Senate candidates.
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Nolte: Maine Democrat Graham ‘Nazi Tattoo’ Platner Promotes Holocaust Denier
Graham “Nazi Tattoo” Platner, the current frontrunner (by a lot) to win Maine’s Democrat nomination to the U.S. Senate, used his X account Thursday to promote an X post that originated with Stew Peters.
Senate candidate promotes Holocaust-denying white supremacist who says 'Jews and their Shabbos goys killed JFK'
Platner’s promotion of Peters comes as the Democratic candidate has faced scrutiny over other controversial remarks he made on social media, and a tattoo of a Nazi skull he received during his stint in the Army. By Chuck Ross, The Washington Free Beacon Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who recently covered up a tattoo of a Nazi symbol on his chest, promoted a notoriously anti-Semitic white supremacist who denies the Holocaust, S…
Graham Platner deletes social media post after backlash over source
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner removed a shared social media post after backlash about its far-right source, The Hill reported. “War with Iran is the only thing republicans and democrats have both given a standing ovation for. Let that sink in,” Stew Peters, a Christian nationalist and conspiracy theorist who freely mixes antisemitic statements with criticism of Israel, wrote Tuesday on the social media platform X. The post was …
Central Maine News
Graham Platner once again under fire for a now-deleted social media post
The Democrat's Senate campaign shared a post from a far-right social media personality about Trump's State of the Union address, but deleted it after realizing it 'had been posted by a despicable account.'
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