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Democratic Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner Made Explicit Online Comments About Military Toilets
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner posted explicit comments on Reddit about portable toilets while deployed overseas. The posts, made in 2017 and 2021, included descriptions of masturbation and military graffiti.
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Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner posted explicit comments on Reddit about portable toilets while deployed overseas. The posts, made in 2017 and 2021, included descriptions of masturbation and military graffiti. In a March 2017 post, Platner wrote about having to "jerk off" when he sits in a portable toilet, according to Fox News.
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U.S. soldier being shot by the Taliban. He wrote, "This video never gets old. Dumb motherfucker didn't deserve to live," according to Magdi Jacobs. He added that the soldier's "stupidity and fat ass wheezing" would serve as a lesson for future infantrymen.
Platner previously told Fox News Digital that his posts were jokes and part of "shitposting" meant to bother people online. He said the comments should be read in context.
October 2025, Platner covered up a tattoo of a Nazi symbol that he said he got two decades ago without knowing its meaning. Platner's campaign did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. Platner became the presumptive Democratic nominee after Maine Gov.
Janet Mills ended her campaign in April. He has received endorsements from independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
