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Graham Platner Launches Maine Senate Bid Challenging Susan Collins on Foreign Policy and Movement Building
Discover how a Maine veteran and oyster farmer built a working-class movement strategy to take on long-time incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Learn why his military experience informs his sharp critique of current US foreign policy, especially regarding Gaza.
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- Platner rapidly mobilized support, hitting $1 million in small-dollar donations within one week of launching his campaign.
- He directly links his military combat experience to a profound disillusionment with established foreign policy, resonating strongly with other veterans.
- Platner asserts Senator Collins’s "moderate charade" has ended, creating an opening to capture unenrolled and Republican voters exhausted by the status quo.
This discussion centers on Graham Platner’s campaign launch for the Maine US Senate seat against Susan Collins. Platner details his unique background—from growing up working in Maine agriculture to serving multiple combat deployments—and how that forged his political convictions. The conversation stresses his successful grassroots mobilization tactics and his central argument that the Democratic establishment leadership must fundamentally shift its approach to reflect the country’s actual democratic needs.
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Top Comments (10)
Senator Collin’s is concerned and carefully reviewing the situation
No aipac or affiliated group or individuals……put it on paper. Susan Collins Lobby Total: $893,372. aipac,rjc,norpac
If his campaign fails, he can still do voice overs for Red Dead Redemption 3
What a breath of fresh air. A normal working class person with a nuanced view that comes from life experience. This is hopeful.
America needs more guys like this, yesterday!!
Hello I'm a Veteran of the Afghanistan Theatre, everything Graham Platner is saying is exactly how a majority of us Veterans think and feel about what we all went through. I'd love to chat with him or his team on their model, how they went about the paperwork. We have an energetic Veteran community in the Oregon Portland Metro. We need to move this country back towards helping it's everyday citizens. The people are hungry for change.
Oorah marine! I joined in 08. I went to Afghanistan in 2010 and realized we had no business at all being there! I have deep shame and guilt in our role in the mid east.
Californian here. Just donated to Graham's campaign. Thanks for having him on.
Donated from Vermont. Thanks for having him on!
As Maine’s Canadian neighbour Graham is a welcome change to a leadership vacuum.
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Top Comments (10)
Senator Collin’s is concerned and carefully reviewing the situation
No aipac or affiliated group or individuals……put it on paper. Susan Collins Lobby Total: $893,372. aipac,rjc,norpac
If his campaign fails, he can still do voice overs for Red Dead Redemption 3
What a breath of fresh air. A normal working class person with a nuanced view that comes from life experience. This is hopeful.
America needs more guys like this, yesterday!!
Hello I'm a Veteran of the Afghanistan Theatre, everything Graham Platner is saying is exactly how a majority of us Veterans think and feel about what we all went through. I'd love to chat with him or his team on their model, how they went about the paperwork. We have an energetic Veteran community in the Oregon Portland Metro. We need to move this country back towards helping it's everyday citizens. The people are hungry for change.
Oorah marine! I joined in 08. I went to Afghanistan in 2010 and realized we had no business at all being there! I have deep shame and guilt in our role in the mid east.
Californian here. Just donated to Graham's campaign. Thanks for having him on.
Donated from Vermont. Thanks for having him on!
As Maine’s Canadian neighbour Graham is a welcome change to a leadership vacuum.