Graham Platner, the Democrat aiming to unseat Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, enters the race with a résumé that reads more like a summer on the Vineyard than a serious campaign for federal office. Yes, Platner served in the military — a respectable credential on its own. But what came after that tour of duty? Not public service, not legal advocacy, not a career in the trenches of policy. No, Platner decided to “follow his bliss” — and ended up farming oysters.
Graham Platner wrote on Reddit in 2021 that all cops are “bastards,” that he was a “communist” and that white rural America is racist and stupid
“I can honestly say that that is me just being an a**hole on the Internet”@Kfile @emsteck strike againhttps://t.co/BSMTqgCujd pic.twitter.com/oaTfRmKCen
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 16, 2025
Now, there’s nothing wrong with honest aquaculture. But Platner’s story is less about small-business grit and more about elite detachment. He didn’t bootstrap his way into a working man’s trade; he waded into the ocean of boutique coastal living — the kind of lifestyle you pursue when family money gives you the luxury of not worrying about rent. This is the archetype of the modern progressive candidate: wealthy, aloof, insulated from economic consequence, and somehow still convinced he knows what’s best for working families who can’t afford to dabble in mollusk meditation retreats.
I was skeptical but this makes me like Graham Platner a lot more https://t.co/pZpYFQQ3WS pic.twitter.com/Tuyutl3goA
— Eric Hovagim (@EricHovagim) October 16, 2025
Platner’s profile fits comfortably among today’s Left, where ideology often drips with disdain for the very idea of work itself. “Anti-work” may have started as an internet joke, but it’s increasingly embedded in the DNA of the activist class. That sentiment manifests in policy: universal basic income, student debt bailouts, attacks on gig work and small businesses, and a cultural obsession with “burnout” before many have even entered the workforce. It’s no surprise that a political movement led by people who see labor as oppression now champions candidates who never really had to work in the first place.
Graham Platner, the Maine Democrat running for Senate as a rugged, independent-minded “oyster man,” just had his Reddit posts exposed by @KFILE.
He called himself a Communist, who owns guns bc he doesn’t trust “fascists,” called cops “bastards,” and said rural Whites are stupid. pic.twitter.com/gOX17vXK3g
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) October 16, 2025
Even Platner’s support base tells a story. Unions, once a vehicle for labor power, have morphed into little more than political money laundering operations for Democrats like Platner. Dues are collected from working men and women, funneled through PACs, and repackaged as campaign cash for politicians who despise fossil fuels, want to ban your truck, and think tradesmen should learn to code. Meanwhile, they prop up oyster-farm philosophers with family trust funds and a TikTok strategy team.
The Reddit account of Graham Platner, a Democrat Senate Candidate in Maine, was just discovered by CNN.
u/P-Hustle
He thought he could purge his comment history, but the internet is forever, Graham. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/LqXkRw6rbU
— Reddit Lies (@reddit_lies) October 16, 2025
Susan Collins, for all the Left’s ire, remains one of the most durable and pragmatic legislators in Washington. She doesn’t need to cosplay as working-class — she just does the job. Platner, on the other hand, would be just another vote in a Senate already overrun with disconnected millionaires who think “equity” is more important than employment.
