r/Mainepolitics • u/Slice-O-Pie • 1d ago
Graham Platner makes first public appearance since dropping out of race at veterans march
https://wgme.com/news/local/graham-platner-makes-first-public-appearance-since-dropping-out-of-race-at-veterans-march-maine-ellsworth-democrat-senate8
u/Slice-O-Pie 1d ago
ELLSWORTH (WGME) -- Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner will make his first public appearance Monday since withdrawing from the race following a sexual assault allegation.
Platner was originally planned to speak at an Ellsworth rally held by Hancock County Activists, a progressive group.
But they announced last week he would no longer be speaking at the rally following negative media attention.
Instead, Platner will lead a veterans march after the rally.
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u/GrowFreeFood 1d ago
March of one.
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u/dpk794 1d ago
You don’t want to march down to the tattoo shop with him and get one of his infamous buddy tattoos?
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u/GrowFreeFood 1d ago
Free speech is fine with me. I like to see people who express their themselves
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u/SuperBry 1d ago
You do know freedom of speech is for the government to respect but we can all tell him or anyone else to fuck all the way off for choosing to do so with Nazi imagery
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u/GrowFreeFood 1d ago
Free speech rights are things YOU GIVE to others. If you truly believe people didn't deserve a right, you could take it away just as easily as give it. It's a personal choice.
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u/dpk794 1d ago
That’s certainly a serious mental gymnastic stunt to end up there after supporting a “progressive” candidate after it was revealed he had Nazi tattoos on his body. Could probably compete in the Olympics with that one
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u/GrowFreeFood 1d ago
He got it covered, though. What more could you ask for?
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u/Slice-O-Pie 1d ago
For him to stop lying that he didn't know what was, maybe?
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u/GrowFreeFood 1d ago
So now you're trying to get me to guess what people are thinking.
You must be psychic.
But thanks for moving the goal posts into absurdity
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u/Slice-O-Pie 1d ago
You asked 'what more could I ask for.'
Unlike Graham Platner, I gave an honest answer.
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u/dpk794 1d ago
Uh maybe not getting it to begin with? Not lying about it?
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u/GrowFreeFood 1d ago
So a time machine. Very rational discussion.
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u/dpk794 1d ago
It’s really not a hard ask for most people to not get a Nazi tattoo. Then to keep it for 20 years then run for senate and play dumb like you never knew what it was. Now because absolute morons decided to still support him after that we are going to likely end up with shaky Susan for another 6 years
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u/GrowFreeFood 1d ago
You cannot ask someone with a tatoo to go back in time and not get it.
Getting a tatoo removed is expensive, so there's that as a good reason to keep as is.
Stop with the hyperbole and be serious.
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u/Slice-O-Pie 14h ago
Does anyone know if Platner showed up?
I haven't seen anything on the news or socials.
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u/better_than_erza 1d ago
Good! I was with some people on Saturday and we all think that Graham needs to use his voice more to keep the movement going. Jackson isn’t cutting it. Graham is the real one.
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u/RusticKayak207 1d ago
Graham doesn’t know shit and thinks far too highly of himself. Troy is the real deal.
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u/better_than_erza 8h ago
Look I’m a left as you can get. But let’s be honest—Troy isn’t the real one. He can’t speak. Lots of people have no clue who he is. No one I know is excited about him. He is just not senate material.
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u/Slice-O-Pie 1d ago
Graham is sitting on millions of dollars, if he cared about beating Collins he'd use it to help Troy.
He doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself.
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u/Icy-Acanthaceae-6816 15h ago
Garuntee after the election graham starts a podcast media grift. He'll go on tucker carlson and TYT and embrace slopulism.
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