Event Brief
Ted Daniels calls Platner a coward over Taliban post
Filed: May 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM ET
Summary: U.S. Army veteran Ted Daniels criticized Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner for a resurfaced deleted post about his Taliban encounter.
WHO: Ted Daniels
WHAT: Daniels criticized and called Graham Platner a coward for a resurfaced deleted Reddit post mocking Daniels' survival of a Taliban shooting.
WHEN: May 22, 2026 at 11:50 AM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: Daniels was reacting to Platner's resurfaced deleted Reddit post from 2019 that said Daniels should not have survived a 2012 Taliban clash.
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