The Maine Democrat says the Communist Party’s post was a joke on the Senate race
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Maine Democrat Graham Graham Glaham Platha now says he’s “ridiculous” at the Old Red State where he describes himself as “Communists.”
Plata, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to trust Susan Collins, R-ME.
“I believe in Medicare-for-for-wurll. I believe in expanding the rights of workers to plan. I believe in taxing the ultra-rich. I believe in a fair economic system. “I also know that because I believe in those things, people will refer to me as whatever … that’s a joke.”
He went on to describe another post he made at the time in which he described rural white voters as “stupid and racist.”
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US SENATE PLANDITTILET GRAHAM PLATNER PLATNER STICE STICE STICES that he was a ‘Communist’ on Sunday. (Libby Kenny/Sun Journal via AP)
“I got into a fight with someone and said some of the white rural voters were stupid and racist,” he told the outlet. “I’m a white voter from rural eastern Maine. These are my neighbors and friends. I actually stand up for their defense over and over again and continue to do so.”
“I don’t want to be full of it, but I was getting arguments on the Internet… In the part of my life when I wanted to meet and get involved, at a time when I felt like I was always living between that point,” he added. “I don’t handle those feelings.”
Internet posts were only one avenue of criticism faced in recent weeks. He also faced a storm of backlash after photos revealed he had a tattoo depicting the totekopf used by Hitler’s SS Plamil arth.
Graham Platner points to a now-covered tattoo that was once an image adopted as a Nazi symbol. (WGME via AP)
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Plantner worried about withdrawing from that race, and his senior campaign staff buckled under the pressure. Still, he now says his campaign is as strong as ever.
“It’s funny to me to watch this campaign described in the media as a fall or fall — right there inside,” Platterner told NBC News. “He didn’t wish for my campaign. In fact, it seems that, in many ways, it strengthens us.”
Plathanele has resisted calls to drop out of the Senate race. (Daryn Slover/Portland Press Herald Via AP)
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“I want to talk about myself as a person,” she said. “Many Americans also want to hope that you can change and that you can evolve, that we can have a society that forgives people.
“We find ourselves in a much stronger, smarter position,” he said. “While we’ve lost some, we’ve kept almost everyone, and people aren’t always two and done.”
