Graham Platner Faces Senate Furor Over 2020 Drug Posts as Polls Still Show Him Ahead
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Graham Platner Faces Senate Furor Over 2020 Drug Posts as Polls Still Show Him Ahead
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Summary
2020 Reddit posts resurfaced showing Graham Platner boasting that he used drugs while on military leave in Europe, bought cocaine and had “no regrets,” intensifying scrutiny of Maine’s presumptive Democratic Senate nominee.
Marine Corps rules bar illicit drug use and can trigger prosecution or separation, and the report said it is unclear whether Platner ever disclosed the conduct to superiors while he was still receiving military pay.
The drug admissions add to deleted posts and fresh infidelity allegations that have already forced Platner’s campaign onto the defensive, with his wife denouncing the attacks in a social media video without denying the affair claims.
Polls still generally show Platner leading Republican Sen. Susan Collins, though Collins has historically outperformed surveys in Maine and the controversy is becoming a test of how much damage a candidacy can absorb.