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In this Townhall article, Scott McClallen reports on Sen. Jim Banks blasting Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner over resurfaced deleted Reddit posts mocking a wounded Purple Heart veteran.
- Banks said Platner should drop out after posts surfaced in which Platner allegedly said wounded Afghanistan veteran Teddy Daniels “didn’t deserve to live.”
- Daniels, a Purple Heart recipient, was injured during a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan in 2012.
- Platner reportedly refused to apologize for the Reddit post, which included vulgar insults about Daniels and his survival.
- Banks called the comments “one of the most disgraceful things” he had ever seen from a political candidate.
- Banks argued that suggesting a wounded veteran should not have returned home to his family is disqualifying for someone seeking office.
- He also predicted that Sen. Susan Collins would win the Maine race “by a landslide” as voters learn more about Platner.
- The article notes that Platner has faced other controversies, including another deleted post and criticism over a tattoo.
- Veterans and conservative commentators cited in the piece condemned Platner’s remarks as insulting to the military community.
Read the full story: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/05/27/drop-out-sen-banks-torches-maine-dem-over-deleted-posts-mocking-wounded-veteran-n2676796
