Democracy Dies in DarknessThe Senate hopeful is long on anger and short on real solutions.May 14, 2026 at 6:20 p.m. EDTToday at 6:20 p.m. EDTGraham Platner campaigns in in Appleton, Maine, on May 2. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)A recurring theme of Graham Platner’s Maine Senate campaign has been addressing legitimate frustrations with fantastical solutions. These extreme policy proposals deserve as much scrutiny as his covered-up Nazi tattoo.