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Graham Platner Disparaged Army Soldiers in Deleted Reddit Posts: 'Full of Fat, Lazy Trash Who Would Rather Not Be in Uniform'
Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s deleted Reddit account continues to provide fuel for Republicans to use against his campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Senator […] Source
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What happenedGraham Platner Disparaged Army Soldiers in Deleted Reddit Posts: 'Full of Fat, Lazy Trash Who Would Rather Not Be in Uniform'.
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Right / center-rightDem Senate Candidate Graham Platner Viciously Mocked US Soldier Who Was Shot Four Times in Clash with Taliban
Dem Senate Candidate Graham Platner Viciously Mocked US Soldier Who Was Shot Four Times in Clash with Taliban
Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s deleted Reddit account continues to provide fuel for Republicans to use against his campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Senator […] Sour...
Graham Platner Disparaged Army Soldiers in Deleted Reddit Posts: 'Full of Fat, Lazy Trash Who Would Rather Not Be in Uniform'
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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner disparaged Army soldiers in since-deleted Reddit posts, calling the Army an "awful" organization "full of fat, lazy trash who would rather n...
Democrat Senate Candidate Calls an American Hero a “Dumb MFer” Who Deserved to Die
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Democrats are making a mockery of the elections, with Maine taking the spotlight. They are pushing a communist rich boy for the Senate. this man had a Nazi tattoo on his chest for 20 years....