Maine Senate candidate Platner says tattoo recognized
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A progressive U.S. Senate candidate in Maine, who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic and racially insensitive remarks and said he did not realize that a tattoo on his chest resembled a Nazi SS emblem,
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
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admitted Wednesday to authoring a series of antigay Reddit posts and called his past comments “indefensible.” “I have no reason to deny [that the posts are mine],
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.
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Graham Platner addresses recent controversies at town hall, is adamant campaign will continue
It’s been a hell of a week,” Platner said to a packed crowd of his supporters during a town hall in Ogunquit. “I went from being a communist on Thursday to a Nazi on Monday.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is downplaying outrage against Graham Platner, who he is backing in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, over Platner’s controversial posts on Reddit and a
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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.