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Platner’s brutal attacks on Army soldiers as ‘fat, lazy’ revealed in resurfaced posts
Graham Platner, Maine's Democratic Senate candidate, faces backlash over resurfaced Reddit posts where he derogatorily described the U.S. Army as 'fat, lazy trash' and criticized wounded veteran Teddy Daniels. The posts, deleted but now a major campaign issue, include slurs, Marxist affiliations, and attacks on white rural Americans, as Platner seeks to unseat GOP Senator Susan Collins.
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