Platner: Reddit posts meant ‘to get a rise out of people on the internet’

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) said Monday his past Reddit comments were meant “to get a rise out of people.” “That was me trying to get a rise out of people on the Internet,” Platner

Graham Platner’s controversial Reddit comments featured on ‘The Daily Show’

The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate has come under fire recently for his now-deleted social media posts about racism, sexual assault in the military and police officers.

Bernie-Backed Platner’s Senate Bid in Peril as More Reddit Posts Resurface

Maine senate hopeful Graham Platner’s campaign is facing an increasingly uphill battle as additional past comments by the candidate – who earned Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont’s endorsement – continue to surface.

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says he covered up a tattoo that resembled Nazi symbol

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner covered up a tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, a spokesperson for Platner’s campaign confirmed to NBC News.

Old Reddit Posts, Tattoos, and Age Concerns: Democrats’ Troubles Come Into Sharp Relief in Maine

She is seen as perhaps the most vulnerable Republican this cycle, and Democrats’ most viable pick-up opportunity. Yet she may have drawn the luckiest other side of the ticket as the opposition seems determined to thwart itself.
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