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Dem Senate candidate embraced "antifa supersoldier" label
Axios ^ | October 21, 2025 | Holly Otterbein and Alex Thompson

Posted on 10/21/2025 11:08:43 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), wrote in 2020 that he had an "antifa supersoldier" label on his "armor," according to an archived post reviewed by Axios.

Why it matters: Progressives have elevated Platner as one of their top candidates in next year's midterm elections, but his old Reddit posts have thrown his campaign into turmoil.

Platner is running to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, Senate Democrats' top Republican target next year.

The contest for the Democratic nomination between Platner and Maine Gov. Janet Mills — who's preferred by Democratic Party leaders — already has become a proxy battle in the national fight over the party's future.

Driving the news: In an October 2020 post on Reddit, Platner complimented a business and noted the "antifa supersoldier" label on his armor — likely a reference to tactical gear like he used in the military.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: antifa; collins; democratcorruption; democrats; democratterrorism; democratterrorists; domesticenemies; grahamplatner; nazi; nazitattoos; nazivsrino; platner; rinovsnazi; secretnazi; senatecampaign; stuporsoldier; supersoldier; susancollins
Let's cut the poor guy a break. When Platner posted in 2020 that he was an Antifa Supersoldier, he was just a young boy of only 36 years of age.
1 posted on 10/21/2025 11:08:43 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

LOL! Right on. I’ll bet he gets his Aunt Teefus Ghillie suit Martinized at least 5 times a week.


2 posted on 10/21/2025 11:12:21 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Beware the far-left "No Kings" backshooting DemonRAT Luigis. )
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To: PJ-Comix

Just a mere child.


3 posted on 10/21/2025 11:15:30 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: PJ-Comix

People, people, it has been shown, time and time again with geometric logic by people like Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr, that ‘antifa’ is merely a vague idea embraced by countless people who only want to free our country of dangerous reactionary Nazis and save Our Democracy™. It is, in no way an ‘organization’ with leaders, financial backers or handbooks.
/s


4 posted on 10/21/2025 11:25:06 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: PJ-Comix

Another far leftlst ex-military.

They used to be rare….


5 posted on 10/21/2025 11:36:38 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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Antifa is the "direct action" wing of the Democratic Party.
As it might be what the IRA was to Sinn Fein during the Irish Troubles.

The current situation is our "Troubles" (at least in bug blue cities).

6 posted on 10/21/2025 12:17:58 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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To: Salman

So the KKK in white was the same to Democrats, in terms of a asymmetric boogeyman force against Americans from the 1870’s thru the early 20th century as the Antifa in black are to democrats now in the early 2020’s.

They haven’t really changed...in tactics and in their desire to overwhelm and rule people!


7 posted on 10/24/2025 2:58:23 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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