Maine socialists try again — with another he-man fake to sub for Graham Platner

NY Post ^ | 7/14/26 | Andrea Peyser

[Libloather]

Here Maine goes again.

The state’s new far-left contender for the Democratic Party’s US Senate nomination is a faux populist with a wicked reactionary streak.

Until five minutes ago, his immigrant-hating, anti-abortion platform was so extreme it would spook even the staunchest Republican.

He’s a local pol so desperate to make it in the big leagues that he’s cosplaying as a progressive working man unafraid to get his hands dirty.

He is Troy Jackson, fifth-generation Maine logger and wannabe US senator, and he’s got the Bernie Sanders seal of approval to replace accused rapist Graham Platner on the Democrats’ midterm election ballot.

Influential Dems are betting the chance for a Senate majority on a 58-year-old former radical right-winger who’s transformed himself into a socialist darling.

“He was a logger by trade so he’s got that Maine log man in him,” enthused former political operative Kurt Bardella.

But while some see a sexy macho man, I smell an abject phony.

On the surface, Jackson seems to check all the necessary boxes to defeat GOP Sen. Susan Collins — as Platner appeared to do, before his campaign crashed and burned.

Union member? Check.

Virile manual laborer? Ditto.

Yet from where I sit, he’s a blow-with-the-wind, say-anything-believe-nothing fake who’s out for nothing but personal gain.

And those are his good points.

Jackson’s legislative history is marked by obsessions with those he viewed as job-stealing immigrants, as well as a scary preoccupation with what women do with their bodies.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; History
KEYWORDS: fake; maine; platner; portaplatner; socialists; triumphofthewill

[jimtorr]

Sorry for the rant. Maybe I just feel too strongly on the subject.

[Orosius]

Yes, Rufus T. Firefly, President of embattled Freedonia, the original model for Volodomyr Zelensky.

[carcraft]

Most men know what a women is and can define them. Democrats first need to define women then move on to men. Regardless of what Democrats may think there are differences between men and women. Once that is achieved then they can work on what makes a manly man. The truth is, all Democrats need is authenticity in their candidates.

[Jan_Sobieski]

…he puts on women’s clothing,
And hangs around in bars