Even without his controversies, Graham Platner is just a lightweight extremist

Published June 10, 2026 1:38pm ET



Set aside, for a moment, that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner spent years with a tattoo resembling the Nazi SS Totenkopf; that he blamed sexual assault victims for their predicament; that he called rural white Americans stupid racists; that he advocated political violence; that he mocked a wounded Purple Heart recipient; that he joked about the Virgin Mary being a “skank”; and that he joined a hookup site while married.

Who among us is a saint, after all?

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