Top off-the-wall Reddit posts haunting Graham Platner’s Maine Senate bid

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Top off-the-wall Reddit posts haunting Graham Platner’s Maine Senate bid
Marine veteran running to replace Susan Collins attributed posts to crude humor from his infantry days
By Robert Schmad Fox News

Maine’s presumptive Democratic Senate nominee is facing considerable backlash over unearthed social media posts where he made controversial statements about race, sexuality, political violence and his own ideological beliefs.

Graham Platner, a 41-year-old Marine Corps veteran, attributed his online behavior to depression and PTSD stemming from serving in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says he became accustomed to "crude humor" and "offensive language" while serving as an infantryman. 

"I’m sorry for this. Just know that it’s not reflective at all of who I am," Platner said of his previous comments posted online. "I don’t want you to judge me on the dumbest thing I ever wrote on the internet. I would prefer if people could judge me on the person I am today."

While he no longer operates under the "p-Hustle" username on Reddit, thousands of Platner’s deleted posts and comments have been made easily searchable by outlets like the Maine Monitor. It's sparking renewed criticism in his bid to replace incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins and flip the Maine Senate seat blue.

8. ‘Why don't black people tip?’

Many of Platner’s old Reddit posts struck a progressive tone on race, but that didn’t stop him from making the occasional off-color comment.

"Why don't black people tip?" he wrote in August 2013.

"I work as a bartender and it always amazes me how solid this stereotype is," he continued. "Every now and again a black patron will leave a 15-20% tip, but usually it [is] between 0-5%. There's got to be a reason behind it, what is it?"

It came in response to a thread on a page called AskReddit where a user prompted: "What is one question you have always wanted to ask someone of another race?"

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-off-the-wall-reddit-posts-haunting-graham-platners-maine-senate-bid

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Top Dem lawmakers duck questions when pressed on Platner's Reddit scandal
Hakeem Jeffries told Fox News Digital he hasn't 'seen no posts' when asked if Platner is a liability for the party
By Hannah Brennan Fox News

Top Democratic leaders refused to answer whether Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s newly uncovered vulgar posts have become a liability for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.

"I haven’t seen no posts," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital when asked whether Platner had become a liability to the Democratic Party.

Newly surfaced Reddit posts tied to Platner — from an archive of roughly 2,000 salacious takes — include graphic sexual comments about masturbating in portable toilets and praising explicit graffiti depicting genitalia.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-dem-lawmakers-duck-questions-when-pressed-platner-reddit-scandal

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Nazi Tattooed Democrat Candidate Graham Platner Mocked ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle
By Pamela Geller - on May 21, 2026

 
Despite Platner’s Nazi resume, Democrats continue to support him full-throatedly. And his Nazi worship is just the tip of the iceberg.



Free Beacon: Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D.) suggested that legendary “American Sniper” Chris Kyle shot innocent civilians in Iraq in order to inflate his kill numbers. Platner also bristled at the idea of the former Navy SEAL and his platoon being dubbed “heroes.” Platner, running for Senate against Sen. Susan Collins (R.), lashed out at Kyle and members of the SEAL’s “Task Unit Bruiser” in a May 2024 podcast interview on Green Beret Chronicle Show in which Platner, a former Marine, discussed his deployment in 2006 to Ramadi, a hotbed of insurgent activity during the Iraq war. In the interview, Platner—who did not belong to an elite Special Forces unit like the SEALs—took issue with public portrayals of Task Unit Bruiser and Kyle as heroes of the Iraq war…. Platner claimed members of Task Unit Bruiser, led by then Navy SEAL commander Jocko Willink, shot unarmed civilians from their position at the Government Center in Ramadi, where American forces were stationed throughout 2006 (Free Beacon).

 
Maine Dem Senate candidate Graham Platner also got caught mocking a wounded Purple Heart hero, literally wishing the Taliban had finished the job.

“Dumb motherf**ker didn’t deserve to live… poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouth breather made it home.”

Human filth.

This is the kind of trash Democrats want representing Maine.

 https://gellerreport.com/2026/05/nazi-tattooed-democrat-candidate-graham-platner-mocked-american-sniper-chris-kyle.html/

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8. ‘Why don't black people tip?’

"I work as a bartender and it always amazes me how solid this stereotype is," he continued. "Every now and again a black patron will leave a 15-20% tip, but usually it [is] between 0-5%. There's got to be a reason behind it, what is it?"

I have to agree with him on this one, but it's a suicidal admission for a Democrat (or should be).