Graham Platner, an oyster farmer who is running in the Democratic primary for Senate in Maine, on Friday apologized for some of his past social media posts in which he referred to himself as a “communist,” criticized police and called rural, white Americans racist and stupid. “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 direct-to-camera video he posted on X .

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