Left-wing Senate candidate Graham Platner often touts his role as harbormaster of his Maine town—one he has repeatedly said on the campaign trail he actively “serves” in—as proof of his “working class” bona fides.
“He actually held the role for roughly 18 months before quitting to launch his Senate campaign—and it was largely a ‘clerical’ one, according to local records and people familiar with the position,” @peterjhasson and @alanagoodman report.
It was deeply moving to join the Bangor community today to welcome home more than 60 of our brave Maine veterans from their Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C.
Thank you to these heroes and their families for their incredible service and sacrifice. Maine is forever grateful for you. 🇺🇸
Team Collins: Maine volunteers supporting a Maine senator. 🇺🇸🌲
Team Platner: Recruiting campaign volunteers in Massachusetts.
Draw your own conclusions.
#NEW: The campaign for #Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner @grahamformaine has found its way to the #Massachusetts Democratic Convention today, with staffers walking signs around the event arena soliciting campaign volunteers. This comes as Platner has seen waning support among the #Democratic party for his Nazi tattoo and his controversial actions before launching his campaign.
It looks like @SenMarkey’s campaign offered some table space to Platner’s staffers as well.
Senator Elizabeth Warren @ewarren, who has fully backed Platner, will be speaking at today’s convention.
#Maine #Massachusetts #Politics #Platner #Warren
“A real man by the lights of the Democratic Party, he presents himself as ‘relatable’ to working-class Americans, but in reality he’s a typical elitist who believes blue-collar, hardworking, salt-of-the-earth rural Americans are stupid and racist,” Daniels wrote.
It was Collins decision to vote and support the Iraq War.
Not understanding the difference between the power of a Senator to send our men and women to war and teenagers signing up to serve their country is disqualifying.
Rain not stopping Susan Collins from helping break ground on a new police and fire department HQ in Auburn, funded as part of a grant she secured as chair of Senate approps
Graham Platner grossly smeared American war hero Chris Kyle.
Kyle’s widow Taya has a message for Platner:
“To me, nothing says, ‘I want attention’ more than disparaging a national hero who’s also dead. It’s transparent, it’s cowardly, it’s lowbrow.”
"Top Democratic officials and lawmakers are breaking with Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner as his past blunders and online history stack up." https://t.co/g5rDDyHVGB
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While some may see Monday as the unofficial start to summer, Maine leaders are using Memorial Day to honor those who served and sacrificed for our country.
Taya Kyle, widow of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, discusses the importance of Memorial Day and responds to Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's 'lowbrow' comments about her late husband. https://t.co/nUQQcT8ccA
No one is attacking Graham Platner for using GI Bill benefits he earned through military service. Veterans earn those benefits through sacrifice, and they should use them. But facts matter: Susan Collins did not vote to send Graham Platner to war.
Combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient Ted Daniels is responding publicly to resurfaced Graham Platner's deleted Reddit posts. New reporting examines Daniels’ reaction and the broader controversy surrounding Platner’s past online comments. https://t.co/yr93EZOIBu