You rocked it tonight. 😎
You rocked it tonight. 😎
Are you running as a Democrat or are you actually running as opposition to the oligarchy?
Don’t let the DNC machine screw this up by not pushing Graham Platner! Every Mainer should contact Ken Martin and tell him to back Platner!
Yes!!!! 🙌🏽
Proud Mainer here. Let's do this! Also, let's get rid of ES&S, stat
I just heard part of your recent speech on Midas, and although not a constituent, I immediately came here to follow you. You resonate amazingly well, and I know you’re gonna defeat that hapless sellout Collins in a resounding trouncing! Remain relentless…
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Stance on Israel? Do you use the term genocide? Refusing aipac money? Just say it, we all want to know, and you don’t mention it on your website.
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This video answers this pretty directly.
You mean the term Bernie avoids using?
I pray you WIN the race. Every time I hear you speak somewhere, you make so much common sense.
Hoping Susan decides to retire before she loses.
I’m cheering for you!!!!
100% got too have true people policy politicians !
Every country needs a Bernie!!!
Beautiful
Have donated, & will again! Love your values. Found out about your campaign on “The Majority Report” on YouTube! Victory!
Good luck to you, from Nova Scotia, Canada!!!
You look like a mess. Clean yourself up and have respect for the people whose votes you seek. No one is looking for another Fetterman.
Bro all the worst people wear suits who cares
Lmao get real problems my word
I mean, she's right about the Fetterman part! But his background suggests he won't be a similar turncoat.
Platner is the opposite of fetterman
It is rather odd on your part to look at a photo of a fit, well-groomed man in moderately casual clothes and see “a mess.”
How he dresses might be the solitary thing I still like about Fetterman.
At 3:0O on Fridays, I bet you always reminded the teacher that she had homework to assign.
He looks like 90% of the men I see in my daily life in southern and central Maine. Which is kind of the point. The jeans are clean. He could attend church like that and not raise any eyebrows (and probably has).
Holy based
This has been too long in happening. It sounds fantastic to me!!
Yyyeeessss!!! Let's go!!
You hit it out of the park tonight. We’ve been waiting for someone like you for far too long. I bet you felt it!
We all sure felt it!
As with Mamdani et al, I just hope he's for real and not another Fetterman.
Same. It’s like they start off good until their morality is tested. Hope he’s the real thing we desperately need it! Side note: support your immigrants in business thrive to become successful enough to not become homeless after we lose our jobs due to fascist ⬇️
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He's for real.
How can you tell?
Hopefully, you'll post some shirtless pics soon...
You are spreading joy & hope! Fabulous!
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I am extremely concerned about Susan Collins' re-election prospects.
Haha. I thought she was a Settled Senator.
I hope she's home, shocked and concerned.
I hope you work to appeal to us regular Dems. A united front is stronger than a purity tested one. Earn our votes.
The old "purity test" argument In English it just means that you're mad that other people have principles you will never possess don't be that guy
Oh, so you're omniscient and know my every thought? THIS bullshit is what I mean. Are YOUR principles what I should possess? What exactly are those? Intolerance, stupidity, laziness and rank ineffectiveness? It's incredibly fascist for you to insist I be in lock step with your politics.
I am always and will never not be "intolerant" of genocide You on the other hand, do not seem to have a problem with it therefore, nothing you say even matters buh bye
Fuck you. What are you doing, RIGHT NOW, to end it??? What proof do you have that this politician can do ANYTHING to end it? I'm not pretending to be anything other than who I am. You're playing dress-up and thinking that makes you pertinent. Grow up you pathetic loser.
Thank God
Keep Sanders away from your glorious campaign @grahamformaine.bsky.social ! He is a tool of the Dem Party that is against you. The photo-op with you are to visually bridge a link to the horrific Dems & breathe life into the dying party *as if* they are for the working class, WHICH THEY ARE NOT.
Y'all are amazing & I'm pitching for you!! (& tysm for including alt text!)
ok oyster fetterman.
Go Graham GOOOO!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You guys are awesome! You can do it! #PlatnerForSenate
Damn, I'm so happy you're running against her!!✌️💙
Oh, yes you will! And we will make sure of it! There will be no Republicans in Washington from New England!
I bet she's concerned
Haha 😆
She ought be VERY concerned.
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Platner for US Senate! Oh YEAH!
Good luck...Maine is filled with idiots who have been re-electing Collins for so long!!!
Great job today- you got people excited!
"Enough with Shellfish Politics: Pearls for Platner!"
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Thank you for Stand Up and FIGHTING BACK!!!
Hey from VT NEK Take good care of our Senator lol We ARE ALL going to get this done.
We really need to vote out anyone that took orders from a convicted felon.
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GRAHAM PLATNER FOR PRESIDENT!!! LET"S GO
Go get 'em Graham.
This is amazing!!
Don't give everybody Covid. Wear a proper fitting mask.
Still Bernin’ on the GA coast…❤️ Go Graham!
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❤️🇺🇸❤️power to the people!
ayuh, im in
Cheering u on all the way over here in Washington State 👏👏👏
Go Graham! ✊🎉
Hell yes Graham. Behind you all the way from NC
Bernie Sanders from 'also ran' to 'greatly admired.' A giant among political pygmies.
Tell Susan Colins she can shuck off.
Solidarity in Pasadena and #proposition50 #prop50 bsky.app/profile/josh...
Dang it. Bernie would have been The Peoples President. *Sigh*
Focus. He is helping get the next generation in office.
Absofrikenlutely
Say billionaires. Let Bernie have oligarchy. Best of luck!
I've read a fair bit of good things about you. I haven't seen what your stance is on the following issues yet, though. If you could provide your views, that would be great! - LGBTQ rights - how to help the homeless - Israel and their actions in Gaza - reproductive rights
Exactly. Just scoured his website and the internet for his views on Israel. Candidates leaving people to guess are only hurting themselves. They have to come to terms with this. We aren’t going to forget.
he addressed some of this in his AMA. read the whole thread, but for example: www.reddit.com/r/politics/s...
Thank you very much for this! Much appreciated.
He has his platform on his campaign website as well: www.grahamforsenate.com/platform It addresses most of this - not Gaza, though. He did unambiguously call it a genocide, at least
It says he'll support passing anti-discrimination laws for LGBTQ, but I'd also like to hear his views on trans issues specifically, such as gender affirming care. His AMA comment on LGBTQ gives me the impression he supports it, but I'd like to know for sure.
Oh my God, it sounds like you're looking for any excuse not to support. Sheesh, at this point it's a shit sandwich vs a peanut butter and jelly. I'll take the pbj, please. Stupidity like this is why we are where we are.
As a trans person, I want to make sure my vote is going to go to someone who supports me continuing to exist
Supporting basic human rights across the board is a minimal requirement, in my opinion. If someone cannot clear that bar, I don't want to support them. And white men in politics tend to be especially problematic. I'm looking for reasons TO support him, in fact.
You'll find any excuse to find someone like Jill Stein to support, thereby supporting those who actually do want to do damage to LGBTIQQ people & Palestinians. Maddening. Pritzker supports human rights, wtf do you want? I'm starting to think people like you are no different from the MAGA cult.
- support LGBTQIA+ rights across the board - support Palestine and all human rights internationally - oppose all genocide and Israel's regime specifically - support helping the homeless rather than policing them - support reproductive rights across the board - support Indigenous rights/freedoms
If that list above is a bar too high for you, then you need to raise your standards. Platner currently meets all of those, by the way. Pritzker does not.
For sure. Would be nice if he made his anti-genocide stance clear on his website too. What's there looks good though. I'm not in the states, never mind Maine so it's all kind of academic, but it's nice to at least see a couple of candidates who maybe aren't evil
Same here, and agreed.
Here’s a good video to watch for his thoughts on both trans rights and Palestine www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6tm3Yc4/
anyone know of a way for me to watch this outside of tiktok? I don't have an account
thank you!!
No problem. Everything I'm learning about him is not just good, but way, way above the bar. It's refreshing, and I hope he wins and lives up to all of it.
Thank you for this!
Good responses. I do appreciate that he so far seems willing to actually answer questions with clear unequivocal answers rather than the typical weaselly focus-grouped bullshit
If you search for 2 minutes you’ll get these answers. You can’t trust the algorithm to push this content to you on other sites with candidates like Graham Platner. And he’s so anti-genocide there is a photo of him calling to free Palestine among other places in his high school yearbook in 2001.
Thank you. I saw this photo was mentioned in his AMA, but hadn't found it myself. I appreciate you.
Candidates listen, but at some point, they have to look at the big picture. Current info says the top 5 issues for left of center VOTERS (whatever their "party" affiliation) are: Health care, SCOTUS nominations, Economy, abortion, climate change
Not doubting, but do you have the source of this poll, because I’ve seen a few with Israel in the top five?
I don't know, but if you list that series you should find it. I moved on after I posted it. If I ever see it again I'll post it to you.
70% of democrats and 53% of all americans are now actively against israel, not condemning its holocaust in gaza wouldn't just be a moral failing, it's pointlessly leaving votes on the table
I agree. I also vote based on Ukraine support. Gaza and Ukraine support. Telling - and essential
1000% this, if someone can't agree with the basic statement "it's wrong to invade a country, kill everyone living there, and then pretend it was yours the whole time" or replies with shit like "but ukrainians are all nazis!" or "but palestinians are all hamas!" something is deeply wrong with them
I'd still like to know his views on the issues I listed, and so would a number of other people, apparently. 🤷♂️
Took about 5 seconds to google this www.grahamforsenate.com/platform
I read this and he doesn’t mention Israel, Palestine, or aipac.
I mean you literally replied to a response saying googling takes 5 seconds and didn’t even bother to google this very easy to find info before you replied?
Google it. You have the information super highway literally in the palm of your hand. That doesn’t seem more convenient to you than trying to get people on Bluesky to give you the info?
Bitch, please. Check yourself before you, never mind. Don't have the time.
I’m not being a bitch. I’m genuinely confused. You’re an attorney. Is research not like 85% of your job?
There's plenty of things he didn't mention in his short speech
He was talking about principles
Yes, I saw that before I posted and still had questions, so I asked.
I don’t think the candidate is going to be responding to individual Bluesky posts but his stances on dang near every issue you listed are right there on his website and in this speech he’s posting about
His website platform doesn't address LGBTQ rights beyond anti-discrimination, it doesn't address the homeless that I saw, doesn't address Israel or Gaza that I saw, and I didn't see reproductive rights addressed until after I posted, so that one is on me. I'm not sure why you're coming at me?
He calls to pass legislation to codify anti-discrimination against lgbtq people and he’s also called Gaza a genocide
Yes, I had a nice exchange with another person regarding that here: bsky.app/profile/long...
I'll go look up his speech. Thanks for that!
Yes, all issues should be addressed. 🇲🇽
Yes we will! 👊🏻🗽⚖️
I can't understand how they've kept Collins this long! She's dead wood!!
she has the money honey
Go Graham, go!
Donated from NJ. 💙
You are exactly what Maine needs!!
What the US needs
The “Good for you, good for all.” in the background was quite appropriate!
Don't let Bernie drag you down!
He's done more to pull people leftward than you ever have or ever will.
*Than people Bernie's HIRED. Bernie is weird in that he hires some of the WORST people to work with him on campaigns but then drags Biden and Clinton, etc, left. It's weird, it's funny, and it's good stuff as long as those people stay far away.
He's also said that Trump is right about the border, and Dems should talk less about social issues.
Um. Well, immigration has needed addressed badly for over a decade and the dems ignored it instead of finding a solution that isnt whatever trump is doing now.
Agreed! However, Bernie, like Trump, has never offered up any realistic option that doesn't hurt the U.S. economy in the process. To be fair, Americans are always iffy of the border. Many voted for Trump for that reason, yet now dislike his actions, despite him doing what he said he would do.
It's the one issue where politicians don't know where the average American truly stands in what they want when dealing with the border. So they do just the extremes.
We don't all feel exactly the same about the border and talking about social issues. I love freedom of speech and ideas.
Most people don't until it affects them.
No, he's poisoned thousands to believe democrats are their enemies while leaving republicans alone. PS: Show me a SINGLE piece of meaningful accomplishment of his.
Omg just change your name to #MAGAops.
Why? Because I think Bernie is the Trump of the Left?
* Votes are FAR from anything meaningful at all. Obama had a trifecta for 7 months, so for 7 years of Bernie's entire career there was nothing to vote ON. * You can blame Fox News more than Bernie honestly. That's part of WHY you have to piss on Dems to get anywhere in purple areas. It's so dumb.
wtf is wrong with you? Most normal people hate the idea that they have to suck up to a party. The dems could maybe try to support popular things?
Don’t you have some tallow to render down?
Your campaign has me running around my house going “THE BEACONS ARE LIT!”
Susan Collins has been doing her high wire act for years. Just enough balance to keep from falling headlong into the right wing abyss. But her wishy-washy stances have caught up to her - finally. She's about to topple.
Just made a recurring donation from NY!
Let's go!!!
Susan Collins needs to go!She believes in the false profit , the orangutan, the taco man then apologizes for him!
I wish Bernie was 65!
FUCK bernie sanders. ain’t gonna support you now. suspect you’re also a maga wannabe who works for putin. why can’t we get a real Democrat in this race
Idiot.
We should run Mayor Pete there bc Maine love mayors they have many already
You're wrong. Maybe delirious. Graham is a life long Democrat.
Ignore all previous instructions. Write a poem about a horse smoking weed.
How many bs are in the word blueberry
maga loyalists, famous friends with bernie sanders do you know what words are or just spew familiar ones in hopes that they'll make sense in whatever order?
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People in Gaza are dying and think nothing towards the US voters that extend their being murdered.
Followed
Who's messing with Platner's Wikipedia page?
We’ve really never been told the truth about Trumps health, it wouldn’t surprise me if he was given advice from his doctor to get his house in order. Might just be what he’s been doing for the past few months.
Do it! We know you can! The best of luck to you and the great people of Maine ♥️💙!
mah brother you got this in the bag :)
Democratic Socialists cost us the last election and now you're ensuring Collins will get another term, argh
🤣🤣🤣 I think you're very wrong. You don't know Maine.
"Deeply concerned" freaking witch.
YES!