January 1, Bernie-Backed Senate Candidate’s DISTURBING Past Backfires

Wyatt’s Take

• Maine Democrat Graham Platner — a Bernie Sanders-backed oyster farmer running against beloved Sen. Susan Collins — has been exposed for Nazi-linked tattoos and a history of violent, bigoted social media posts that would disqualify any Republican instantly.
• Despite being a radical extremist with a death’s head SS tattoo and years of hateful Reddit rants, the Democratic establishment is rallying around Platner while the media gives him an ‘opportunity to grow’ instead of the relentless scrutiny conservatives face.
• Susan Collins — a respected, hardworking senator who chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee and won by 9 points in 2020 despite being massively outspent — is poised to crush this far-left interloper backed by out-of-state radicals.

The Democratic Party has a new playbook: find the most extreme candidate possible, scrub their past, and hope voters don’t notice. Welcome to “Extremist Makeover,” Democrat edition.

Maine’s U.S. Senate race has become a case study in just how far left the party has lurched. Graham Platner, an oyster farmer with the backing of Bernie Sanders and the radical left, is challenging Sen. Susan Collins — one of the most moderate, respected, and effective senators in Washington.

The problem? Platner isn’t just a progressive. He’s not even just a leftist. He’s an extremist with baggage so toxic it would sink any Republican within 24 hours.

Platner sports a “Totenkopf” tattoo — the death’s head symbol worn by Hitler’s SS, specifically the SS-Totenkopfverbände who guarded Nazi concentration camps. This isn’t some youthful mistake quickly corrected. This is a deliberate choice, kept for years, representing one of history’s most evil regimes.

When Democrats accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of extremism over a Jerusalem Cross tattoo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren called it disqualifying. Now she’s silent as her party backs a candidate with actual Nazi imagery permanently inked on his body.

But wait — there’s more. Platner’s Reddit history reads like a greatest hits album of hate speech and violent rhetoric. Posts urging violence, bigoted rants, and extremist views that the party now calls “opportunities to grow.”

Translation: If you’re a Democrat, your past doesn’t matter. If you’re a Republican, a decade-old tweet ends your career.

Susan Collins has seen this movie before. In 2020, she faced ultra-liberal Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, who outspent her nearly 2-to-1 with a war chest approaching $48 million. Every major poll showed Collins losing.

She won by nine points — the same margin Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in Maine. Nearly 20% of Maine voters split their ticket, choosing Biden for president and Collins for Senate. That’s not a fluke. That’s trust.

Collins chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful positions in Washington. She serves on the Intelligence Committee, where only the most trusted senators from both parties oversee the nation’s most sensitive programs. She delivers for Maine — from Bath Iron Works employees to lobstermen strangled by federal red tape to families struggling with heating costs Democrats have driven sky-high by blocking pipeline permits.

Collins is from Aroostook County — “the County” — as authentically Maine as you can get. She’s a workhorse, not a show horse. Gracious, welcoming, constantly traveling her state asking for votes and listening to constituents.

Platner is the opposite: a radical bomb-thrower auditioning for far-left podcasts and Antifa-adjacent donors from out of state. He represents everything working Mainers reject — coastal elitism packaged as populism, extremism marketed as authenticity.

Democrats are pouring millions into this race, hoping to buy what they can’t earn: credibility. They’re betting Mainers will trade competence and class for death’s head tattoos and online bigotry.

It’s a bet they’re going to lose. Maine knows the difference between a senator who serves and a radical who performs. Between someone who delivers results and someone who delivers rhetoric.

The Democratic Party’s “Extremist Makeover” might work in deep-blue bubbles. But in Maine — a state that values common sense, hard work, and authenticity — it’s going to backfire spectacularly.

Susan Collins has spent decades earning Mainers’ trust. Graham Platner has spent years posting hate online and wearing Nazi symbols. No amount of out-of-state money or media spin can erase that contrast.

Why It Matters

This race exposes the two-party system’s starkest divide: Republicans are held to standards Democrats openly mock. While coastal elites pour cash into propping up extremists with Nazi tattoos, working Americans watch and remember. We deserve leaders who actually serve their communities — not radicals auditioning for the next progressive podcast. Maine voters understand that, and they’re about to prove it again.