Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner made comments online about masturbating in portable toilets and praised explicit military restroom graffiti.
Platner, who has faced several controversies throughout his campaign, wrote in a March 2017 Reddit post about having to “jerk off” when he sits in a portable toilet, according to Fox News. In March 2021, he also described an image of a penis inside a portable toilet while deployed overseas, calling it “beautiful,” “engorged and veiny,” and moving “towards its penetrative glory.”
“Oh s—!!!,” Platner wrote. “You’ve got the Hot Rod C— from Manas!”
Platner has previously responded to his controversial social media posts by arguing that he was joking. Some of these posts showed Platner downplaying the severity of sexual assault and using derogatory remarks against rural white Americans, women and gay people.
“You should read the comments in context. It’s very clear I’m joking,” Platner previously told Fox News Digital. “It’s called s—posting. It’s when you argue with people on the internet and try to bother them. So, yeah, no, it’s very obviously not true.”
In 2019, the Senate-hopeful also mocked a wounded U.S. soldier in response to a viral video of him getting shot by the Taliban, according to the Editorial Board’s Magdi Jacobs. He referred to Pfc. Ted Daniels, a 37-year-old father who earned a Purple Heart after being shot four times.
In 2019, seven years ago, when he was 34-years-old, Graham Platner logged into reddit and posted a response to a video of an American soldier being shot by the Taliban.
Platner wrote:
Should Graham Platner continue his Senate campaign despite past controversies?“This video never gets old. Dumb motherfucker didn’t deserve to live. At least his stupidity… https://t.co/kxhGr8zOhB pic.twitter.com/l8TQ1XaPRX
— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) May 19, 2026
“This video never gets old. Dumb motherfucker didn’t deserve to live,” Platner wrote, according to Jacobs. “At least his stupidity and fat ass wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home, he managed to make every possible shit decision possible when it comes to small unit combat.”
Platner became the Democrats’ presumptive nominee after Maine Gov. Janet Mills ended her campaign in April as she trailed behind Platner in the polls. He received endorsements from independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
In October 2025, Platner expressed regret over a tattoo of a Nazi symbol and covered it up. He said he got the tattoo two decades ago and had no idea it had a link to Nazis.
Platner’s campaign did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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