Purple Heart Recipient Teddy Daniels Rebukes Graham Platner Over 2012 Combat Mockery
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Purple Heart Recipient Teddy Daniels Rebukes Graham Platner Over 2012 Combat Mockery
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
Teddy Daniels, a Purple Heart recipient shot four times in Afghanistan, said PTSD does not excuse comments linked to Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner that mocked his survival.
The resurfaced Reddit post from the account "P-Hustle," archived by the Maine Monitor, said Daniels "didn't deserve to live" after a 2012 helmet-cam video of his firefight with Taliban fighters.
Daniels said Platner has neither contacted him nor apologized, adding that Gold Star families deserve an apology more than he does because the comments appeared to cheer combat deaths.
Platner said in an October 2025 X video that he abhors the old posts and tied them to PTSD, depression and disillusionment after serving three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.
The controversy hits as Platner heads into a November race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins after winning Maine's Democratic Senate primary.