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Maine Democrat running to unseat Susan Collins to stay in race after discovery of Reddit postings

October 21, 2025
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PORTLAND, Maine– Old online remarks made by a U.S. Senate prospect in Maine in which the prospect appeared to back political violence, dismiss rape in the military and slam both policemans and rural America were incorrect however not disqualifying from workplace, the nationwide chair of the Democratic Celebration stated.

Graham Platner is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Maine that has actually been held by Republican Susan Collins because 1997. He deals with a congested field for the election that likewise consists of Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who revealed her candidateship recently.

CNN initially reported recently on old Reddit posts made by Platner that he had actually erased because going into the Senate race, and numerous media outlets followed, exposing different questionable posts. The posts were made in between 2013 to 2021. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin stated Sunday throughout a look on CNN that he does not believe the posts were “disqualifying” however did state they were “wrong” and “offending” and he was delighted Platner excused them.

” I do not believe they’re disqualifying, however definitely they’re not right,” stated Martin, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union. “And I’m delighted that he excused them. They’re indefensible, they’re upsetting, and they stink.”

Platner has actually excused the remarks in a video he published Friday on social networks. He stated the posts were made after leaving the Army in 2012, including he “still had the unrefined humor, the dark, dark sensations, the offending language that truly was a trademark of the infantry when I remained in it.” He likewise stated that he was having a hard time then with trauma and anxiety.

” I’m sorry for this. Feel in one’s bones that it’s not reflective at all of who I am. I do not desire you to evaluate me on the dumbest thing I ever composed on the web. I would choose if individuals might evaluate me on the individual I am today,” Platner stated.

In the days because his apology, Platner has actually published more of his old Reddit posts, highlighting that he invested a great deal of time online motivating other veterans to get aid. He likewise launched extra Reddit posts revealing him slamming homophobia and misogyny in the armed force. One post he shared Monday specified that he was disappointed by “widespread misogyny and weirdness” in the Militaries, which he likewise served in.

Platner is an oyster farmer making his very first effort at public workplace who is running a progressive project with an aggressive social networks existence. He has the support of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has actually explained Platner as a more powerful prospect for the seat than Mills.

The Mills project did not react to an ask for discuss Monday.

The Collins project stated in a declaration Friday that Platner’s old posts “disparaged everybody from individuals residing in backwoods, to the authorities” and the handicapped. The project likewise stated in the declaration that the debate over the posts highlighted rifts in between the Democratic Celebration’s various factions.

However some Democratic leaders in the state said they are continuing to support Platner after the posts emerged.

” I believe it has to do with Graham’s credibility which’s what is going to come through,” stated Karen Heck, previous mayor of Waterville.

On the other hand, Platner’s political director resigned in reaction to the news of the old Reddit posts.

” While I am compassionate to Graham’s experiences and regard his individual journey and development, I can not neglect the volume and nature of his previous remarks, a lot of which were made as an adult, not as a boy,” composed Genevieve L. McDonald, who had actually been working for the project for numerous months. “These declarations were not understood to me when I consented to sign up with the project, and they are not words or worths I can support in a prospect for the United States Senate.”

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Kruesi reported from Providence, Rhode Island.

Copyright © 2025 The Washington Times, LLC.

Source: The Washington Times.

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