June 18, 2026

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner called cops ‘opportunistic cowards’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing backlash for calling law enforcement "opportunistic cowards" in a since-deleted Reddit post. Platner, a far-left populist vying to become Maine’s next senator, made the comments in June 2020 in response to a post criticizing the Hancock County Sheriff's Department for seeking approval to purchase "riot gear." At the time, Black Lives Matter protests were spreading around the state, with some demonstrations turning violent, including vandalized storefronts and looting.Platner, then 35, dismissed the sheriff’s request as "ridiculous.""I guess the Sheriffs [sic] Department is so full of overweight...

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