GRAHAM PLATNER: RELEASE THE RECORDS

After three days of exposing the lies, it's time for transparency.

Graham Platner has made his military service, his veteran status, and his "working-class oyster farmer" identity the centerpiece of his Senate campaign. So prove it, Graham. Release the records.

Every veteran candidate releases their DD214. John Kerry did. John McCain did. Tammy Duckworth did. Dan Crenshaw did. Your DD214 would show your exact deployment dates and locations (you claim 3 Iraq tours + 1 Afghanistan), your awards and decorations, your Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and rank progression, your character of discharge, and the reason you left the Maryland Army National Guard in 2016. Release your DD214, Graham. You claim 100% VA disability and you've made it central to your "working-class" narrative. Your VA rating letter would show whether you have 100% Schedular or TDIU (Total Disability Individual Unemployability), your specific disability percentages per condition (PTSD vs. physical injuries), whether your rating is "Permanent and Total," whether you're classified as "unemployable," the effective dates of your ratings, and whether your rating has ever been appealed, challenged, or reduced. If you're claiming you're unemployable (TDIU), how are you running for U.S. Senate? If you have 100% Schedular (no income restrictions), why did your campaign say you avoid income to protect your benefits? Release your VA rating letter, Graham.

And while you're at it, release your Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) records. Veterans with 100% P&T VA disability often qualify for SSDI as well. If you're receiving SSDI on top of your VA disability, that would explain why you avoid income from the oyster farm. SSDI has strict income limits in 2026: you cannot earn more than $1,690/month ($20,280/year) or you lose your benefits. Average SSDI is $1,624/month ($19,488/year). Maximum is $4,130/month ($49,560/year). If you're receiving both VA disability and SSDI, your total disability income could be $77,088 to $107,160 per year before Amy's campaign salary. Are you collecting SSDI, Graham? Release the records.

You campaign as a "working-class oyster farmer" but there's no public record showing you own the farm. The ownership agreement would show who actually owns the oyster farm, what's the equity split between you, Amy, and Rob Cushman, how much you paid for the farm (if anything), whether the Cushman family has financial stake beyond Rob's partnership, and any loans or grants used to acquire or operate the farm. There is no deed, no sale record, no transfer documentation in the Hancock County Registry showing you bought this farm from Jock Crothers. Release the ownership agreement, Graham. Prove you own it.

You worked in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2018 as a State Department security contractor for Constellis, the successor company to Blackwater. Then you came back to Maine and ran for Senate as an "anti-war progressive." Your Constellis contract would show your exact role and responsibilities, how long you worked there, how much they paid you (private military contractors in Afghanistan made $100,000-$200,000+ in 2018), and your performance records. You chose to go back to Afghanistan in 2018 as a private contractor after leaving military service "disillusioned" in 2016. Release the contract, Graham. Show us what Blackwater's successor paid you. You claim the farm "doesn't make much money" and you're "working-class." Your tax returns would show the profit/loss history of the oyster farm, how much personal income you take vs. reinvest, your wife's salary vs. your draws, and your total household income (which we already know exceeds $100,000 from campaign salary + VA disability alone). Release your tax returns, Graham.

Your campaign was packaged by Fight Agency and Morris Katz (NYC political consultants). Bernie Sanders endorsed you 11 days after you announced. You raised $1 million in 9 days. Detailed campaign spending would show how much went to NYC consultants vs. Maine operations, how much went to family members (we know Amy gets $43,200/year), how much is self-funded vs. small donors, and any coordination with national progressive groups. Release the detailed campaign spending, Graham.

You claim you left the Maryland Army National Guard in 2016 for PTSD treatment in Maine. The exit documents would show whether it was medical separation vs. voluntary separation, any administrative documentation, and whether you were discharged or you chose to leave. Release your National Guard exit documents, Graham. Here's the bottom line: You've made your military service, your veteran status, your disability, and your "working-class oyster farmer" story the reason Maine should send you to the U.S. Senate. Prove it. Every claim you've made can be verified with documentation that you control. Release the records, or admit you're hiding something.

Other veteran candidates release their DD214s. Other business owners release their ownership agreements. Other Senate candidates release their tax returns. Why won't you, Graham?

After three days of exposing your $200,000 from your lawyer father, your business partner whose family owns islands, your recruitment by NYC political consultants, your $100,000+ household income from campaign donations and VA disability, and your work for Blackwater's successor company, your word isn't worth much anymore. The records will tell the truth. Release them. Release your DD214. Release your VA rating letter. Release your SSDI records. Release the oyster farm ownership agreement. Release your 2018 Constellis contract. Release your tax returns. Release your campaign spending breakdown. Release your National Guard exit documents. Or admit you're not who you claim to be.

Maine voters deserve transparency. You're asking them to send you to the U.S. Senate. Prove you're fit for office. Release the records Graham.

Do a FOIA request. ALL his military records will be revealed.

Under privacy provisions of FOIA, access to DD214’s is restricted to the veteran or next of kin.

He lied? The lie is the weapon used most often by the criminal.

When I read stolen valor, the authors , when uncovering dozens of valor thieves, gave very clear instructions on how they submitted foias to uncover the thieves. It was all they did.

Perhaps the law has changed.

The Oyster Nazi. That would be a good Seinfeld episode.

Maine is well beyond redemption. He’ll win...regardless of what he does,or doesn’t,release.

Yes,I would think that a person’s military records would enjoy special privacy protection.

Not to be confused with The Big Guy’s “Oyster Bunny”.

My husband’s DD214 does not state where he was stationed - only the base where he last served and was discharged - McClellan AFB 1962..He was sent to Iceland after basic in TX and school in MS. Must be changed some time after 1962?

“Must be changed some time after 1962?”

It wasn’t changed in 1995 either when I retired. If they want to get the military info they are talking about they will have to go through the tomb in St. Louis.

And frankly, I don’t see how it makes any difference. The voters need to be concerned about what he is doing rather than what he did. He has laid out his shortcomings, it’sd up to the voters to take action.

A perfect example if Momdani. Everyone could easily decipher he didn’t use the truth, was not interested in working for the people, and knew what he was doing was un unexploded device he was unleashing. But the idiots in New York still voted him in.

wy69

The little Nazi biatch is a liar. A friggin’ DemonRAT liar. Most DemonRAT “veterans” are liars. They don’t have a clue what a DD214 is.

Yep

He is being called Maine Kampf!

Did he serve overseas? My DD-214 lists my place of discharge and foreign assignments. I suppose being stationed outside the US puts you in a different status. It does not say where I did basic and AIT.