MAINE, USA — Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is apologizing for old, deleted social media posts that resurfaced this week in news stories, while incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she was “appalled” by the posts she called “offensive.”

Platner described himself as a “communist,” police as “bastards,” and rural white residents as “racist or stupid” in posts under a now-defunct Reddit handle.

“For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don’t recognize, I am deeply sorry,” Platner said in a five-minute video he posted to on X Friday evening. “I see someone who I don’t recognize either, not in who I am today.”

CNN first reported Thursday on a batch of Reddit posts from 2020 to 2021 that Pla

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