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Senate Dem candidate who wrote he 'became a communist' now says he was joking

Senate Dem candidate who wrote he 'became a communist' now says he was joking

Maine Democrat Graham Platner dismissed his old Reddit posts identifying as "communist" as mere jokes as he seeks to challenge Susan Collins in 2026.

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