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Senate Candidate Platner Distances from Controversial Past Posts

10/19/2025

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Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and Democratic Senate candidate from Maine, is distancing himself from past posts that called him a communist and urged armed resistance.
In an ABC News interview, he attributed the posts to post-traumatic stress disorder and alienation after combat.
He said he is embarrassed by comments about the military's handling of sexual assault cases.
He clarified that he is a working-class populist, not a communist.

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Story summary

Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and Democratic Senate candidate from Maine, is distancing himself from past posts that called him a communist and urged armed resistance.
In an ABC News interview, he attributed the posts to post-traumatic stress disorder and alienation after combat.
He said he is embarrassed by comments about the military's handling of sexual assault cases.
He clarified that he is a working-class populist, not a communist.