"In an interview on Wednesday afternoon with The Advocate, Graham Platner, a 41-year-old Marine and Army veteran running in Maine's Democratic primary, seeking to become the nominee to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, confirmed that he authored a series of Reddit comments that include homophobic slurs, anti-LGBTQ+ jokes, and sexually explicit stories denigrating gay men. The existence of the comments, posted under the handle P-Hustle between 2016 and 2021, has not previously been reported. The Advocate obtained the posts independently this week."
"'I have no reason to deny [that the posts are mine],' Platner said in a Zoom interview. 'I made a lot of comments over the years and talked a lot of shit on the internet. I have no reason to doubt that at some point I used language that I would not be using today.' He paused, then added, 'It's indefensible.'"
Graham Platner, a 41-year-old Marine and Army veteran running in Maine's Democratic primary to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, confirmed authorship of Reddit comments that include homophobic slurs, anti-LGBTQ+ jokes, and sexually explicit stories denigrating gay men. The posts were made under the handle P-Hustle between 2016 and 2021 and were obtained independently. The unearthed comments display a pattern of casual slurs and rhetoric that mocked or demeaned LGBTQ+ people, sometimes using slurs in unrelated discussions and other times framing gay people as the punch line. Platner acknowledged making many internet comments over the years, accepted responsibility, and called the language indefensible.
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