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Nanjeanne

(6,780 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 10:31 AM 21 hrs ago

Platner - Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump

Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump might be the highest compliment I have ever received.

Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine.bsky.social) 2026-06-12T12:59:06.856Z
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Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump might be the highest compliment I have ever received.


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Platner - Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump (Original Post) Nanjeanne 21 hrs ago OP
Makes me want to move to Maine so I could vote for him. Biophilic 20 hrs ago #1
My thought exactly Ponietz 20 hrs ago #3
I would vote for this guy as well! MuirHero 19 hrs ago #11
Would LOVE to see him......... MyOwnPeace 12 hrs ago #26
Oh HELL YES orangecrush 20 hrs ago #2
In fact, I'd wear it as a badge of honor! ananda 19 hrs ago #4
Something about pots and kettles and the color black occurs to me. MLWR 19 hrs ago #5
Ayup Submariner 19 hrs ago #6
Badge of Honor! Martin68 19 hrs ago #7
Trump is terrified, and he should be. Emile 19 hrs ago #8
You go, Graham!!!!! nt LAS14 19 hrs ago #9
Ooohh....now no one will vote for him. Fat HITLER has spoken!! Bengus81 19 hrs ago #10
This is exactly right. johnnyfins 19 hrs ago #13
... orangecrush 18 hrs ago #15
Repukes are obsessed with "Thugs". maxsolomon 19 hrs ago #12
FUCK DON TRMP spanone 18 hrs ago #14
Short and to the point MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #20
👍🏼 spanone 15 hrs ago #22
... MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #23
Remind me - How many times is Platner mentioned in the EPSTEIN FILES? Seinan Sensei 18 hrs ago #16
DING!! DING!! DING!! Bengus81 17 hrs ago #21
It takes the meaning relogic 18 hrs ago #17
So The fucking Sleep In Chief aka The Pedo in Chief Miami Blue 18 hrs ago #18
Bravo Graham! DemocracyForever 18 hrs ago #19
Dunno. I choose to recognize Donald's efforts during the Viet Nam era. While other guys were fighting "Charlie," Donald 3Hotdogs 13 hrs ago #24
Trump clearly explained that Dumocrats does not have a "b". Intractable 13 hrs ago #25
If Trump hates him, he must be ok. Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #27
Platner could easily turn out to be Janbdwl72 5 hrs ago #28

MuirHero

(154 posts)
11. I would vote for this guy as well!
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:28 PM
19 hrs ago

Platner is a flawed candidate but who isn't? He has owed up to his shortcomings and I respect that. I wish he was running here in Pennsylvania so I could vote for him. I would be honored to have him as my senator.

MyOwnPeace

(17,648 posts)
26. Would LOVE to see him.........
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 07:30 PM
12 hrs ago

have a 'discussion' with our own 'dear turncoat' - John Fetterman!
THAT could be a pay-for-view for REAL Democrats!

MLWR

(1,130 posts)
5. Something about pots and kettles and the color black occurs to me.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 11:50 AM
19 hrs ago

He's got nothing but name-calling and the irony is that he's a million times worse than any name he can come up with.

Submariner

(13,475 posts)
6. Ayup
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 11:55 AM
19 hrs ago

If the Pedo makes a campaign stop along the coast, I'm sure we can gift him a nice Lobster Salad roll with a special screwworm stuffing.

Bengus81

(10,473 posts)
10. Ooohh....now no one will vote for him. Fat HITLER has spoken!!
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:24 PM
19 hrs ago

Scared sheetless about losing that seat eh Trump?

maxsolomon

(39,290 posts)
12. Repukes are obsessed with "Thugs".
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:33 PM
19 hrs ago

They love to throw it at black men in particular, because they can't say the N word.

They have no idea where the word comes from. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32538487

Then hip-hop took the word. Tupac had it tattooed onto his body, and Cleveland's Bone Thugs-N-Harmony sent the word into cars and living rooms across the country.

In this conception of the word, Garber writes, thugs "are both victims and agents of injustice, they are both the products and producers of violence, and mayhem, and outrage".

She's also been listening to how people have been using the word in the Baltimore riots.

"It's this very effective way of suggesting that the people who are doing the rioting and who are being called thugs don't actually have a right to their outrage," she says.

relogic

(310 posts)
17. It takes the meaning
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:04 PM
18 hrs ago

Last edited Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:00 PM - Edit history (1)

of cognitive dissonance to a whole new level. We need badly to invent a new term that embodies the accurate neurological damage inherently responsible in maga world that evokes the ludicrosity of individuals incapable of minimal reflection.

If their daily, casual projections were awarded Oscars they’d run out of gold and rancid butter.

Miami Blue

(401 posts)
18. So The fucking Sleep In Chief aka The Pedo in Chief
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:29 PM
18 hrs ago

Has now decided to start messing with Graham Platner, a heroic young American, a Squad Leader, and a dude who truly has been through the wars, (literally).
Luckily for us, Graham Platner knows how to deal with oppressors/bullies but in this particular case, Graham knows that he is dealing with an imbecile/ insane traitor, and a decrepit old man who is obviously suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia, the same illnesses that The Sleep In Chief's father, Fred Trump died of.
🖕🏻
Perhaps the Traitor Sleep In Chief doesn't know that Graham Platner has nerves of steel and he is smart enough to compile a detailed mission
to exploit the Pedo’s weaknesses so that he can counterattack The Pedo in Chief's threats against him.

As is typically, the Sleep in Chief is using his
BS and his defensive psychological projections to get Graham Platner's attention.

Evidently, the Decrepit Sleep in Chief / Pedo
is unaware that the mighty, younger, and stronger Graham Platner will crush him. Likewise, Graham Platner will crush Susan Collins aka Corrupt Shaky Susan Collins as he did to the enemies when he was deployed to war zones.

Graham Platner, please make sure
that you crust both of them 💪🏻

DemocracyForever

(267 posts)
19. Bravo Graham!
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:32 PM
18 hrs ago

Make the orange dictator pay for attacking your difficult years. Many people have experienced tough times in their lives and you're a beacon of hope for them. The orange dictator is the very definition of the worst person to ever run for office and you'll be more than happy to point out just how rotten and corrupt the orange dictator is. I'm so rooting for you.

3Hotdogs

(15,672 posts)
24. Dunno. I choose to recognize Donald's efforts during the Viet Nam era. While other guys were fighting "Charlie," Donald
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 06:27 PM
13 hrs ago

had to fight Syph, The Clap, Herpes, crabs and later on, Aids.

Did you ever hear him complain about out it?

Intractable

(2,513 posts)
25. Trump clearly explained that Dumocrats does not have a "b".
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 06:34 PM
13 hrs ago

He said a lot of people don't know that the word "dumb" ends in "b".

He said you have to drop the "b" to get "Dumocrats."

Janbdwl72

(298 posts)
28. Platner could easily turn out to be
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:10 AM
5 hrs ago

The Felon's worst nightmare, or one of his worst, certainly, once next January rolls around. Let's hope Maine voters use their heads and vote like they should--are they going to reject him for Collins? The Senator who votes with the Felon over 95% of the time and who cast a key vote for Kavanaugh to be a Supreme?

I think the majority of Maine residents, including women, independents, Democrats and a few Republicans, are too smart for fall for the MAGAts' right wing lies--I certainly hope they are!

He should be judged on recent years and his stands on the key issues--affordability, the rule of law, getting the country out of this horrific war of choice thanks to the Felon and other ridiculous policies of this so-called administration.

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