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Deleted posts show Maine Senate Candidate's raw views on politics
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October 16, 2025
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3:00Now PlayingGraham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer who is now a rising Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” police as bastards, and said rural White Americans “actually are” racist and stupid, according to deleted social media posts reviewed by CNN’s KFile. #CNN #News
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