Scandal-Ridden Democrat Graham Platner WINS Maine Senate Primary

Well, isn’t this ironic…

Graham Platner, the communist with a Nazi tattoo who is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine, just won the Democrat primary.

Yes, really. Democrats just voted for a guy with a literal SS symbol on his chest.

You can’t make this up!

Here are the details:

BREAKING: Embattled Maine Democrat Graham Platner wins his party's nomination for Senate.

He will now face longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.

The race is one of a handful across the country that will determine whether the GOP keeps control of its slim Senate… pic.twitter.com/2J1sWpuZ0m

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 10, 2026

Decision Desk HQ called the race:

Decision Desk HQ projects Graham Platner wins the ME US Senate Democratic Primary#DecisionMade: 9:07 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/gDHqJEMsND

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 10, 2026

Platner, who is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, will now square off with Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.

Politico reported further:

Graham Platner on Tuesday officially became the Democratic Party’s nominee to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine in one of the nation’s most high-profile Senate races.

The political newcomer easily won his primary as the only serious Democratic candidate left on the ballot, despite a series of scandals over his old offensive Reddit posts, a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol, his treatment of ex-girlfriends and revelations that he was sending sexts to other women after getting married in 2023.

The win Tuesday marks Platner’s remarkable rise from an unknown oysterman when he launched his campaign last fall to a linchpin in Democrats’ plans to take back the Senate this fall.

He faces a formidable opponent in Collins, who is the only Republican senator seeking reelection this year in a state former Vice President Kamala Harris won in 2024.

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Along with the Nazi tattoo (which he has now covered up), Platner has been embroiled in scandal after scandal.

Here’s a breakdown of all his controversies:

Let’s recap Democrats’ golden boy Graham Platner, shall we…

• Blamed rape victims: “Take responsibility… don’t get so fucked up.”
• Asked “Why don’t Black people tip?”
• Called rural Maine voters “racist and stupid.”
• Supported ACAB and said “Fuck these cops.”
• Called… pic.twitter.com/321aQwVQPL

— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) June 4, 2026

Let’s recap Democrats’ golden boy Graham Platner, shall we…

• Blamed rape victims: “Take responsibility… don’t get so fucked up.”
• Asked “Why don’t Black people tip?”
• Called rural Maine voters “racist and stupid.”
• Supported ACAB and said “Fuck these cops.”
• Called himself a communist and pushed armed political violence.
• Got a Nazi SS-style skull tattoo.
• Sent dirty texts to women while married + has a Kik profile.
• Mocked a wounded Purple Heart soldier as a “dumb motherfucker who didn’t deserve to live” and called Army soldiers “fat lazy trash.”
• Bragged he’d rape a man breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment: “I would rape them to show I’m dominant.”

But according to Democrats, people just make mistakes — or as Elizabeth Warren says, he has PTSD.

The party of women, folks. 🫠

Fox News dove deeper into the scandals plaguing Platner’s campaign:

Platner has been playing defense the past month, amid multiple controversies. They include inflammatory online comments made on Reddit, a well-publicized and now covered-up tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, recent reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with several women while married, and new allegations last week from ex-girlfriends of a history of rape fantasies, heavy drinking and violent episodes. Platner has called the latest allegations of violence untrue.

On Monday, a day before the primary election, a former high-level staffer from the Planter campaign wrote in the Washington Post that Platner “is not someone who would be good for Maine or for the country.”

While the mounting controversies triggered some Democrats in the nation’s capital to question whether Platner was damaged goods, the candidate this past weekend thanked Maine voters for continuing to support him.

“When hurtful things I said on the internet a decade ago came out into the public as I shared my personal journey through PTSD and darkness of recovery and accountability and growth. Maine had my back,” Platner said at a rally Friday not far from his hometown in Down East Maine. “Now, as every single piece of that past and journey gets dug up, litigated, and weaponized, you have my back. And when politically motivated, serious and false accusations are made against me. Maine, you have my back.”

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Platner, who has acknowledged his battle with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from his three tours of duty in the war in Iraq with the Marines and one tour with the Army National Guard in Afghanistan, apologized for his controversial Reddit posts after some of them made headlines last fall soon after he launched his Senate campaign.

And Platner has said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007 while drinking with fellow Marines stationed in Croatia. He said that he covered up the tattoo with a new design after learning last year that it resembled a Nazi symbol. But new allegations from an ex-girlfriend raise questions about Platner’s timeline regarding knowledge of the tattoo.

While he has gotten a tattoo cover-up, Platner remains unapologetic for many of his actions.

He was recently confronted about his remarks disrespecting troops.

Here’s how he reacted:

🚨 JUST IN: GRAHAM PLATNER (D) WINS Maine US Senate primary, he's now the nominee and will face Sen. Susan Collins (R) this November — DDHQ

Platner is MASSIVELY scandal-ridden, and even said a US troop should've been murdered, then refused to apologize

We MUST hold this seat!… pic.twitter.com/Rfx0Xmaqzl

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 10, 2026

What a scumbag.

Can you believe Democrats voted for this guy?

Truly the party of lunatics.