Graham Platner, who launched his campaign for the Senate in Maine in late August , is apologizing for old, since-deleted social media comments that had resurfaced this week in which he described himself as a "communist," police as "bastards," and rural white residents as "racist or stupid."

The 40-year-old Army and Marine veteran who served four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan is in a growing Democratic primary field seeking to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who said she was "appalled" by the "offensive" posts, according to NBC10 Boston affiliate News Center Maine .

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Platner released a nearly five-minute video to his X page Friday night, addressing the posts that were under a now-defunct Reddit ha

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