Democrats are desperate to run blunt-talking, blue-collar types in the 2026 midterms, said in The Boston Globe . “But do they really need a guy with a Nazi tattoo in their ranks?” That’s the question buzz- ing around Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine. A grizzled oysterman and Marine veteran, Platner, 41, burst on the scene in August vowing to defeat GOP Sen. Susan Collins, “crush the oligarchy, and fight for working people.” The Bernie Sanders–endorsed Democrat drew big crowds and social media views, and raised hopes he could draw young men and working-class whites back to the party. Then the dream crumbled. Old social media posts surfaced in which Platner used antigay slurs, called himself a “communist,” labeled all police “bastards,” and said rural white Mainers are “actually” r

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