I’m the Soldier Platner Mocked. Lib men have an identity crisis. Platner’s an example.

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I’m the Soldier Graham Platner Mocked
Democratic men are having an identity crisis. He’s a prime example.
By Teddy Daniels
May 28, 2026

Democratic men are having an identity crisis. Maine’s Graham Platner, the party’s presumptive nominee for U.S. Senate, is a prime example. Mr. Platner presents himself as a savior for working-class Americans while his background screams the opposite and his offensive comments about fellow veterans—including me—speak poorly of his character.

The tough-talking Marine veteran struts around in a Carhartt jacket and jeans, but recent reporting relates that he comes from a prestigious family where he had access to an elite private-school education and a lifestyle of privilege. He also plays up his job as an “oyster farmer,” but the only client mentioned in his federal financial disclosure was the restaurant his mother owns.

Mr. Platner has been caught disparaging the service of fellow veterans like decorated Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and Vice President JD Vance. He also disparaged me while commenting on a viral video of a firefight in which I sustained numerous wounds from a Taliban ambush. I received a Purple Heart for my injuries, but Mr. Platner cheered for my death from behind a keyboard.
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Flannel shirt and all, Graham Platner is Tim Walz on steroids. An entitled brat who campaigns with socialist Bernie Sanders. A real man by the lights of the Democratic Party, he presents himself as “relatable” to working-class Americans, but in reality he’s a typical elitist who believes blue-collar, hardworking, salt-of-the-earth rural Americans are stupid and racist.

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Platner, who has a 100 percent disability rating from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs related to deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, is not required to report his disability benefits. He has nonetheless said he receives approximately $4,800 a month in those benefits.

A campaign spokesperson explained that Platner could choose to take a salary or take an owner’s draw from his oyster business, but instead opted to reinvest the money back into the company so as not to affect his disability benefits.

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