**Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner distanced himself from old, now-deleted social media posts where he referred to himself as a “socialist” and a “communist.”
CNN published an interview with Platner, a military veteran and oyster farmer, and a deep dive into his former Reddit handle, P-Hustle.
“That was very much me f**king around the internet,” he told CNN’s KFile in an interview. “I don’t want people to see me for who I was in my worst Internet comment – or even frankly who I was in my best Internet comment … I don’t think any of that is indicative of who I am today, really.”
“I’m not a communist. I’m not a socialist. I own a small business. I’m a Marine Corps veteran,” Platner also told CNN.
Platner’s seemingly uninhibited posts were largely left-leaning and, at times, personal. They could also be curt and inflammatory.
