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Platner: Collins ‘trying to offload her mistakes’
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner accuses GOP Sen. Susan Collins of trying to shift blame for his Iraq enlistment, stating he protested the war and was removed from an event with George W. Bush. Collins and Republicans argue his past Reddit posts about wanting to fight undermine his criticism of her Iraq vote, while Platner acknowledges some past comments he no longer supports but denies local veteran backlash.
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