Maine Oyster Farmerâs Reddit Rant Sinks Senate Bid
Graham Platner, 41-year-old ex-military Maine oyster farmer turned Senate hopeful, managed to politically shellfish his campaign by digging up years-old Reddit posts spanning 2013 to 2021. His charming run included calling 'all cops bastards,' questioning 'Why don't black people tip?' and suggesting sexual assault victims 'take some responsibility.' Bernie Sanders pimped his $3 million-fueled crusade to remake the Democratic Party, discouraging big fish like Gov. Janet Millsâwho bizarrely threw her own net in anyway. Platner blamed war-induced PTSD and internet therapy gone wild for his fishy remarks. Political director Genevieve McDonald jumped ship, while youth advocates still dangled hooks. Mills coolly confessed to knowing 'little about him' besides swimwear for progressive cannibalism.
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A war vet turned oyster farmer hoped to bag Senate but got caught in his own Reddit net of offensive rantsâbecause nothing says progress like a political novice firing semi-automatic rifle takes and racial hot takes from the internet manure pile.
If winning elections were like oyster farming, Platner just spat out a pearl of past Reddit fails big enough to sink a boat named Campaign.
Graham Platnerâs strategy: fight fascism with a semi-automatic rifle, PTSD, and decades of socially tone-deaf Reddit posts. Nothing says leadership like controversy stew.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/18/2025 | Author: Holly Otterbein
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