Graham Platner, Democratic US Senate Candidate from Maine on MSNBC Cable Evening News in late April 2026. He’s a well-read History Buff, as Well as Vet and Oyster Farmer.
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Today, Senator Susan Collins dodged taking responsibility for sending Americans to fight in the forever war she voted for, instead attacking and blaming veterans like Graham Platner who honorably signed up to serve their country.
Graham Platner responded in a video statement. A full transcript follows:
“Susan Collins voted to support starting the war in Iraq. On three occasions after that, she voted against withdrawing troops. On at least two occasions, she voted to fund the war. Now, all these years later, instead of acknowledging that she was wrong, she’s decided that she’s going to blame those of us who, in our late teens and early 20s, signed up to serve our country. That somehow it’s our fault that she and establishment politicians like her wanted to abuse our willingness to serve, to go send us off to serve our country. That somehow it’s our fault that she and establishment politicians like her wanted to abuve our willingness to serve, to go send us off to fight in stupid wars that did nothig but make some people very, very rich at the expense of American taxpayer dollars.
“It’s no surprise to me, because even today she continues to not stand up against the stupid war in Iran. She continues to not stand up against any of the abuse or the idiocy coming out of the Trump admiistration.
“No, the answer for Susan Collins is that she didn’t have any power at all. Her votes to support the war in Iraq, that didn’t mean anything. Those of us who put on the uniform, those of us who joined the US military, it’s our fault for doing that. This is very, very expected from establishment Republican politicians who love to talk about supporting the troops, but in the end will always desert us.”
Graham Platner lives in Sullivan with his wife, Amy, just three doors from the house where he grew up.
“Perhaps because of the ongoing nasty, ‘below the belt’ tv ads against Graham, he continues to grow his popularity in polls over “No Show” Collins,” says this blogger. “These ugly ads are paid for by Pine Tree Results, the Collins super-pac fund composed of out-of-state billionairres.”