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Graham Platner’s Story Is Not Unique
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17:04Now PlayingGraham Platner’s candidacy for Senate is rife with controversy, yet he is surging in the Maine polls against centrist candidate Janet Mills. The question is: are progressives willing to forgive him for his past sins? Jose Vasquez of the anti-authoritarian veterans organization Common Defense, joined Francesca to share his perspective of someone who works with those emerging from the toxic culture of the U.S. military. Because the thing is, Graham Platner’s story is not unique. The culture of the military has been toxic and misogynist for some time, and is only getting worse under Pete Hegseth.
Graham Platner is running for U.S. Senate in Maine, fighting to unseat the chronically ‘concerned’ Republican, Susan Collins. Right now, he is in a primary race against the centrist Democrat governor, Janet Mills who is 78 years old. Not long after the DNC-backed Mills joined the race, it came out that Platner had a totenkopf tattoo on his chest, which was a symbol used by the Third Reich. Graham Reddit posts also became known, which contained both leftist posts and some very misogynistic stuff about SA in the military. All in all, a bad look for Platner.
That being said, he has actually apologized sincerely for his past views and has gotten the tattoo covered up. That’s way more than any MAGA douche has ever done when called out for bad behavior. Despite these overtures, Platner remains extremely divisive.
We have seen many vets come out the other side of military culture to become some of our greatest allies on the left. This doesn’t necessarily mean Platner should be a Senator. But if the left is going to build a winning coalition, we shouldn’t reject people like Platner who are moving in the right direction.
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