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WATCH: Platner doesn't apologize to Purple Heart recipient, voters when confronted on post mocking soldier
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner refused to apologize for a deleted Reddit post mocking Purple Heart recipient Pfc. Ted Daniels, claiming he 'didn’t deserve to live.' Platner, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, faced backlash from veterans including Rob O’Neill, a Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, who called the remarks 'completely barbaric.'
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