More From the Platner Files: Ridiculing Wounded Troops?
Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, faces backlash over a resurfaced Reddit post mocking a wounded veteran. The post criticized Pfc. Ted Daniels, who was shot multiple times in combat, and has reignited controversy surrounding Platner's campaign. Despite the uproar, the overall impact on Platner's candidacy remains uncertain as the political landscape evolves.
- ▪Graham Platner's Reddit account has drawn scrutiny for mocking a U.S. soldier injured in combat.
- ▪The post referenced a viral video of Pfc. Ted Daniels, who earned a Purple Heart for his injuries.
- ▪Platner's comments have been criticized as belittling and unnecessary, reflecting poorly on his campaign.
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More From the Platner Files: Ridiculing Wounded Troops? Ed Morrissey 12:00 PM | May 20, 2026 AP Photo/Caleb Jones Not long after Janet Mills withdrew from the Senate primary in Maine, rumors swirled that the GOP had built an extensive oppo research file on Graham Platner. By that time, Platner's Totenkopf tattoo had been exposed months earlier, but his radical-progressive agenda got the Obama Bros arguing that all veterans went through a Nazi phase (for eighteen years?) and that we all needed to put his death-camp symbology in proper context. Supposedly, though, what would come next would sink Platner for good.
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