Good Lord: Graham Platner, Who Said Purple Heart Veteran ‘Didn’t Deserve to Live,’ Will Lead Veterans’ March in Ellsworth

Good Lord: Graham Platner, Who Said Purple Heart Veteran ‘Didn’t Deserve to Live,’ Will Lead Veterans’ March in Ellsworth

You really cannot make this stuff up. Former Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner, who once wrote that a wounded American soldier “didn’t deserve to live” and later declined to apologize directly to him, is now expected to lead a veterans’ march Monday in Ellsworth. Yes, a veterans’ march. Platner had originally been scheduled to [...]

Graham Platner Pulled from Maine Rally After Accusers Object

Organizers of a Labor Day rally in Ellsworth, Maine, removed former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner from the speaking lineup after his accusers objected and safety concerns mounted, leaving the disgraced candidate to lead a quiet veterans' march instead. Carol Leonard, an organizer with the progressive group Hancock County Activists, told the New York Post that Platner would not take the stage at the midday event. The rally, scheduled f…