Democraticat Graham Platner与过去煽动性Reddit的文章相距甚远, 称这些文章为「愚蠢的笑话评论」, Democrat Graham Platner distances himself from past inflammatory Reddit posts, calling them "stupid joke comments" from a tough personal period.

民主党参议员候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳 (Graham Platner) 已经远离了2020年至2021年的删除的Reddit帖子, 他对警察,农村白人美国人和美国爱国主义发表了煽动性的言论, 称其为"愚蠢的笑话评论", Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is distancing himself from deleted 2020–2021 Reddit posts in which he made inflammatory remarks about police, rural white Americans, and American patriotism, calling them "stupid joke comments" from a period of personal struggle after military service in Iraq and Afghanistan. 他否认今天持有这些观点,说他不再认同共产主义,并强调他与执法官员的友谊。 He denies holding those views today, says he no longer identifies as a communist, and emphasizes his friendships with law enforcement officers. 这场争议引起了全国的注意, 因为他在缅因民主初选中与州长Janet Mills(Janet Mills)竞争, Platner募集400多万美元并获得伯尼·桑德斯(Bernie Sanders)和大卫·霍格(David Hogg)的PAC(PAC)的支持。 The controversy has drawn national attention as he competes in Maine’s Democratic primary against Governor Janet Mills, with Platner raising over $4 million and receiving endorsements from Bernie Sanders and David Hogg’s PAC.