Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer, now disavows posts he made years ago, saying they came from a time when he felt disillusioned and angry and expressed those emotions online.

A Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine is addressing posts he made on Reddit forums four years ago in which he called himself a socialist-turned-communist, noting that he was struggling ...

Maine Democrat Graham Platner dismissed his old Reddit posts identifying as "communist" as mere jokes as he seeks to ...

Meanwhile, Platner’s political director resigned in response to the news of the old Reddit posts. “While I am empathetic to Graham’s experiences and respect his personal journey and growth, I cannot ...