Okay, we already knew that the Democrats were massive hypocrites and that they can flip on a dime if it means getting another lever of power. That’s why they all hopped on board Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s train despite that fact that he got a Nazi-themed tattoo and advocates violently overthrowing the Trump administration.
But this dude can’t seem to get out of his own way and now, thanks to newly surfaced social media posts, even his most vociferous Democrat defenders may have to bail on him (oh, who am I kidding? They won’t – but voters will):
Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner is under renewed scrutiny after newly resurfaced online posts revealed vulgar comments about masturbation in portable toilets and crude graffiti discussions tied to a Reddit account he has acknowledged was his.
The posts, highlighted this week by Fox News, are the latest controversy surrounding Platner as the Maine Democrat tries to position himself as a populist challenger to longtime Sen. Susan Collins in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate races.
According to the report, Platner responded to a 2017 discussion on Reddit’s military forum by writing, “I still have to jerk off every time I sit in a portas—-er… that blue water smell conditioned me.”
In another post from 2021, Platner reportedly described sexually explicit graffiti he encountered inside a portable toilet while deployed overseas.
The comments were linked to the Reddit account “P-Hustle,” which Platner previously admitted belonged to him after earlier controversies erupted over years of inflammatory posts.
Past comments tied to the account included remarks about race, sexual assault victims, and political violence, along with anti-gay slurs and other inflammatory statements that triggered backlash from both Republicans and Democrats in Maine.
Platner has repeatedly apologized for the posts and said many of them were written during a dark period after returning from military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Everyone handles combat differently, but when I returned from Afghanistan after a particularly tough year-long tour where we lost four personnel, I didn’t turn into a Nazi-loving, gay-bashing hater. But that’s just me.
Will this latest revelation be the last straw for Plattner’s campaign? I’d have to say yes, given that his opponent, incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins, is an effective and seasoned politician whose campaign will make good use of Plattner’s increasingly disturbing past.
