一名退伍军人兼牡蛎养殖户在6月9日民主党初选中领先珍妮特·米尔斯州长38个百分点
2026-04-20T18:00:26-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
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发布于2026年4月20日 美国东部时间下午6:00
缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳以军队“文化”为争议行为辩解，遭遇强烈反对
在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时，民主党人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳表示，他在“过度阳刚、极度暴力”的军事文化中度过的时光塑造了他过去有争议的观点。包括众议员唐·培根和参议员蒂姆·希伊在内的共和党退伍军人对此说法提出了反驳。
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马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦长期以来是新英格兰地区的进步派力量，她于本周末前往缅因州，为该州关键的民主党初选造势，支持左翼参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳。
“格雷厄姆是一名退伍军人，他是一名牡蛎养殖户，一名组织者，他将击败苏珊·柯林斯，”沃伦周六在波特兰的竞选集会上说道。
在集会的某个环节，沃伦称普拉特纳是她“心仪的男人”，并回忆起她第一次注意到他是在一次采访中，当时他辩称2008年金融危机后没有银行家入狱，体制是“被操纵的”。
沃伦将普拉特纳塑造成缅因州选民的“斗士”，使这位候选人在与连任两届的民主党州长珍妮特·米尔斯的对决中获得了全国关注，而米尔斯得到了参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默的支持。然而，普拉特纳身后伴随着一系列争议。
缅因州参议院候选人在被质问关于性侵犯的“恶劣”帖子时援引战斗创伤
来自缅因州的美国参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳于2025年10月22日在缅因州奥贡奎特的莱维特剧院举行的市政厅会议上发表讲话。普拉特纳是美国海军陆战队退伍军人兼牡蛎养殖户，正在竞选由参议员苏珊·柯林斯（R-ME）担任的席位。（索菲·帕克/盖蒂图片社）
“那些随波逐流、为了自保而附和他人的内部人士，不会将腐败从华盛顿清除出去。我们需要格雷厄姆·普拉特纳站出来，将腐败从华盛顿清除出去，”沃伦在集会上说道。
伊丽莎白·沃伦背书身上有纳粹纹身的格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，这场缅因州参议院初选事关重大
“有些人意识到，当体制如此破败，当有如此多的亿万富翁对我们国家拥有如此大的控制权时，再也不是在边缘做出微小改变的时候了，现在是时候进行大规模的结构性变革了，”沃伦补充道。
缅因州民主党初选将于6月9日举行，普拉特纳正努力在11月的大选中击败共和党现任参议员苏珊·柯林斯。
普拉特纳过往的争议已成为米尔斯竞选团队的政治弹药，其中包括引导选民查看他十年前在Reddit上的帖子，在这些帖子中，他似乎指责性侵犯受害者，并为哈马斯的军事行动辩护，还有其他2013年和2014年的言论。普拉特纳还因拥有一个被认定为纳粹符号的胸部纹身而受到抨击，他此后已为此道歉并将纹身遮盖。
“对于那些读过这些内容并感到被冒犯的人，对于那些读过这些内容并认出一个他们不认识的人的人，我深表歉意，”普拉特纳在2025年的道歉视频中说道。
马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（D-Mass.）于2023年5月16日在华盛顿国会山举行的参议院银行委员会听证会上质询倒闭银行的前高管。（德鲁·安格/盖蒂图片社）
作为唐纳德·特朗普总统最坚定的批评者之一，沃伦去年曾明确谴责国防部部长皮特·赫格西思的基督教纹身，其中包括耶路撒冷十字和拉丁语短语“Deus Vult”，意为“神意如此”。
“我们不能让一位国防部长让 fellow service members 觉得有必要将其报告为潜在的内部威胁，”沃伦在2025年就对赫格西思纹身的担忧致信给他，信中长篇阐述了她的顾虑。
这位马萨诸塞州民主党议员在背书这位参议院候选人后，一直淡化普拉特纳过往的争议。
“听着，他已经为此道歉了，而且他每天都在和缅因州的民众交流，”当被问及普拉特纳的争议时，沃伦告诉《赫芬顿邮报》。
民主党参议院候选人在被问及拜登政府辩护后能否获得选民信任时发笑
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳是美国海军陆战队和陆军退伍军人兼牡蛎养殖户，于8月启动了在缅因州竞选美国参议院的民主党参选活动。（格雷厄姆·普拉特纳）
沃伦曾警告赫格西思的纹身使其成为潜在“威胁”——如今她却背书身上带有纳粹相关纹身的候选人
缅因州民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳周三在缅因州波特兰的一次采访中指着一处被遮盖的纹身，该纹身此前曾是被认定为纳粹符号的图案。（WGME via 美联社）
这场竞选加剧了民主党内部的分歧，沃伦和佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯等左翼议员支持普拉特纳，而舒默和密歇根州民主党州长格蕾琴·惠特默则支持米尔斯参选参议院席位。
以华盛顿局外人自居的普拉特纳周六谈到，财富通过由建制派政客打造的体系流向了“统治阶级”。
“钱流向了别处，没有流向我们这里。它被从我们手中偷走了，在苏珊·柯林斯这样的建制派政客构建的体系中被偷走了，”普拉特纳说道，此时民主党在中期选举前夕越来越多地抨击特朗普政府和共和党人的经济政策。
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Warren says her ‘kind of man’ is left-wing Senate hopeful rocked by Nazi-tattoo, Reddit controversies
Combat veteran and oyster farmer leads Gov. Janet Mills by 38 points ahead of the June 9 Democratic primary
2026-04-20T18:00:26-04:00 / Fox News
By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
Published April 20, 2026 6:00pm EDT
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner cites military ‘culture’ for controversial behavior, faces backlash
In a CBS News interview, Democrat Graham Platner said his time in a “hyper masculine, hyper violent” military culture shaped past controversial views. Republican veterans, including Rep. Don Bacon and Sen. Tim Sheehy, pushed back on the claim.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., long a progressive force in New England, traveled to Maine over the weekend to boost left-wing Senate candidate Graham Platner ahead of the state’s pivotal Democratic primary.
“Graham is a combat veteran. He’s an oyster farmer, he is an organizer, and he is the person who is going to beat Susan Collins,” said Warren at his campaign rally on Saturday in Portland.
At one point during the rally, Warren said Platner was her “kind of man,” recalling that she first noticed him in an interview where he argued the system was “rigged” after the 2008 financial crash as no bankers were jailed.
Warren is championing Platner as a “fighter” for Maine voters, drawing national attention to the candidate ahead of a showdown with two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who has the backing of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. A series of controversies, however, trail Platner.
MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE CITES COMBAT TRAUMA WHEN CONFRONTED ON ‘TERRIBLE’ POSTS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT
U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on October 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).(Sophie Park/Getty Images)
“Insiders who go along to get along are not going to hose the corruption out of Washington. We need Graham Platner to come in and get the corruption out of Washington,” said Warren from the rally.
ELIZABETH WARREN ENDORSES NAZI-TATTOOED GRAHAM PLATNER IN HIGH-STAKES MAINE SENATE PRIMARY
“There are people who realize that when the system is this broken, when there are this many billionaires who have this much control over our country, it is no longer time to make little change at the margins, it is time for big, structural change,” Warren added.
Maine’s Democratic primary is June 9, with Platner working to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November’s general election.
Platner’s past controversies have been political fodder for the Mills campaign, including directing voters to his decade-old Reddit posts in which he appeared to place blame on sexual assault victims and defended Hamas military moves, among other messages from the 2013 and 2014 era. Platner also came under fire for having a chest tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol, which he has since apologized for and covered.
“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 an apology video in 2025.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questions former executives of failed banks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill May 16, 2023, in Washington.(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Warren, who is one of President Donald Trump’s most relentless critics, notably condemned Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth last year for his Christian tattoos, which include the Jerusalem Cross and the Latin phrase “Deus Vult,” which translates to “God wills it.”
“We cannot have a Defense Secretary whose fellow service members feel concerned enough about to report as a potential insider threat,” Warren wrote in a lengthy letter to Hegseth in 2025 over her concerns with his tattoos.
The Massachusetts Democrat has downplayed Platner’s past controversies since her endorsement of the Senate candidate.
“Look, he has apologized for that, and he’s out there talking to the people of Maine every single day,” Warren told HuffPost when asked about Platner’s controversies.
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Graham Platner, a U.S. Marine and Army veteran and oyster farmer, in August launched a Democratic run for the U.S. Senate in Maine.(Graham Platner)
WARREN WARNED HEGSETH’S TATTOO MADE HIM A POTENTIAL ‘THREAT’ — NOW SHE BACKS CANDIDATE WITH NAZI-LINKED INK
The race has amplified divisions within the Democrat Party, with left-wing lawmakers such as Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders back Platner, while Schumer and Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have backed Mills for the Senate.
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday in Portland, Me.(WGME via AP)
Platner, angling himself a Washington outsider, spoke Saturday about wealth being shifted to the “ruling class” through a system created by establishment politicians.
“The money went somewhere, and it wasn’t down here. It was stolen from us, stolen from us in a system that was built by establishment politicians like Susan Collins,” said Platner, as Democrats increasingly lean into slamming the Trump administration and GOP for its economic policies in the lead up to the midterms.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Warren and Planter for comment on Monday.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Bonny Chu contributed to this report.
Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.
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