Event Brief
Graham Platner posts attack Army soldiers as “fat, lazy”
Filed: May 23, 2026 at 7:02 AM ET
Summary: Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner’s resurfaced Reddit posts insulted Army soldiers as “fat, lazy.”
WHO: Graham Platner
WHAT: Resurfaced deleted Reddit posts in which Platner described the Army as “absolute trash” and “full of fat, lazy trash.”
WHEN: May 23, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The posts resurfaced, revealing Platner’s prior remarks about the Army.
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