Left-wing Dem Senate hopeful cheered on Antifa violence in unearthed rant: ‘Kill a motherf—er’

Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater in Ogunquit, Maine, on Oct.22, 2025.(Sophie Park/Getty Images)

Platner is running effectively unopposed in Maine’s Democratic primary in June with the ultimate goal of flipping one of Maine’s Senate seats blue in the 2026 midterms in November.

As recently as April 2020, Platner claimed on Reddit that he was a member of his local chapter of the Socialist Rifle Association — a leftist response to the National Rifle Association.The SRA, a nonprofit based in Wichita, Kansas, provides firearms training and education to leftists to further the goal of providing a “rebuff against reactionary right wing firearms culture,” according to itswebsite.

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In a post describing his left-wing drift after leaving the military, Platner stated “still got the guns though, I don’t trust the fascists to act politely.” Platner had described Republicans, such as PresidentDonald Trump, as fascists using his Reddit account. 

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He also classified himself as a “socialist” and “communist” in comments made under the moniker “P-Hustle” on Reddit, but has since tried to distance himself from those labels during his run for U.S.Senate.

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PLATNER’S DELETED REDDIT SPARKS OUTRAGE AGAIN AS HE APPEARS TO MOCK WOUNDED SOLDIER: ‘DIDN’T DESERVE TO LIVE’

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing renewed criticism over his deleted Reddit history.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Platner hasissued a general apologyfor the thousands of controversial and vulgar resurfaced posts.

In addition to repeatedly expressing support for political violence, the former Marine also identified as a communist, used slurs, complained about Black people not tipping and called White people living in rural America “stupid.”

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“I’m sorry for this.Just know that it’s not reflective at all of who I am,” Platner said of his previous comments posted online.

“I don’t want you to judge me on the dumbest thing I ever wrote on the internet.I would prefer if people could judge me on the person I am today,” he added.

Senate candidate Graham Platner holds an energy event in Ellsworth, Maine, on May 11, 2026.

While Platner used homophobic slurs and made some politically incorrect comments, he also expressed support for gay rights and opposition to racism in his Reddit comments.

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He explained his coarse language as a byproduct of the “crude humor” and “offensive language” he had become accustomed to whileserving as a Marinein Afghanistan. 

Maine Gov.Janet Mills dropped out of the state’s Senate primary on April 30, leaving behind only minor opponents for Platner and clearing the way for him to run in the general election.Pollinggenerally showsPlatner ahead of incumbent Republican Sen.Susan Collins, though she has significantly outperformed polls in past elections.