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PunkinPi

(5,262 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:30 PM 4 hrs ago

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner reposted a post from a Neo-Nazi

Last edited Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Platner has since deleted the post, but this guy is just one giant walking red flag. If you are in Maine, please vote for Janet Mills.

On Graham Platner’s quote tweet of notorious Neo Nazi Stew Peters

Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) 2026-02-26T18:54:23.974Z


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Progressive Senate Candidate Graham Platner Deletes Tweet Boosting Notorious Neo-Nazi
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/progressive-senate-candidate-graham-platner-deletes-tweet-boosting-notorious-neo-nazi/
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Quiet Em

(2,739 posts)
1. I don't trust or like that Platner guy at all.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:34 PM
4 hrs ago

I'm not suprised at all by who he affiliates with.

mcar

(45,868 posts)
3. He's not hiding his white Supremacist, misogynistic beliefs
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:38 PM
4 hrs ago

Why is anyone of the left supporting this guy?

Torchlight

(6,657 posts)
5. I doubt the "maybe he didn't know it" excuse will work twice in row
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:40 PM
4 hrs ago

From my chair, this is real-time example of someone showing every who they are.

NeoTrajan

(55 posts)
7. Mills polls poorly against Collins
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:49 PM
4 hrs ago

It seems that Mainers prefer Platner, whether national democrats approve or not

All politics is local, right?

Mills needs more rhetorical energy to break through the log jam ... and that's in her court

If she doesn't, she'll be gone after the primaries

Realities ...

FloridaBlues

(4,660 posts)
12. Can't remember what polls but I have seen at least 2 where mills is even or ahead of Collin's.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:30 PM
3 hrs ago

Hopefully Maine will pick her.

PeaceWave

(3,019 posts)
9. Unqualified for the job. A Nazi sympathizer. A man who blames rape victims for the harm done to them...
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:09 PM
4 hrs ago

Platner is a reprehensible character. Maine will regret launching this man into politics should they unwisely elect him into office.

aeromanKC

(3,869 posts)
10. Does Maine want to gamble on another Fetterman?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:13 PM
4 hrs ago

And to think, they have someone who has won statewide more than once in Mills staring them in the face.

chelsea0011

(10,218 posts)
13. I am a a Mainer here and Mills
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:30 PM
2 hrs ago

won’t beat Collins in an election. Platner is no Nazi and people who keep saying that are out of line. Platner would give Collins fits in an election in that will get far more support in its second district which is northern Maine. Collins will lose the first district no matter who runs against her. I don’t think Mills has enough votes to beat her throughout the state. A PAC is running an ad nonstop with Mills saying “I appreciate all she does” coming out of Mills mouth. Platner on the other hand is blasting Collins in his ads which are not PAC ads. Mills is living now on PAC ads. Taking down Collins is all that matters.

PeaceWave

(3,019 posts)
18. Nazi tattoo and retweeting another Nazi - That is unquestionably a Nazi...
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:35 PM
1 hr ago

And, that is in addition to Platner's history of making statements to the effect that victims of sexual assault brought their assaults upon themselves.

Cha

(318,098 posts)
14. That's a Stupid quote from Stew Peters.. Why
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:04 PM
2 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:43 PM - Edit history (1)

"Repost" it, Graham?

oh and then why "Delete" it.. ? Did you blow it?

MustLoveBeagles

(15,580 posts)
16. This dude is running as a Democrat right?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:07 PM
2 hrs ago


Maine can do better. Vote for the candidate that isn't a racist.

fujiyamasan

(1,483 posts)
17. Did democrats stand up for it?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:23 PM
1 hr ago

I didn’t watch the shit show. I can’t stand his whiny voice or his asshole face.

I do know that some democrats like Fetterman are indeed going ho in attacking Iran. I doubt he’s the only one.

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