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

Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner faces backlash over controversial Reddit posts containing racial stereotypes, slurs, and offensive language from 2013-2021. Platner, a Marine Corps veteran, attributes his online behavior to depression and PTSD from combat service and apologizes, stating the posts do not reflect who he is today. The unearthed posts complicate his bid to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins.