Oooh, the poor widdle commie. "Susan Collins sent me to war!" Uh, no, no she didn't, Mr. Blackhawk contractor

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Graham Platner As He Digs Deeper Hole on Military Enlistment Claims

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Between … bizarrely bragging about self-pleasuring in a porta-potty, and even the Nazi tattoo scandal, the cringe against Platner is stacking up, which isn't good for a guy who needs to win not just Democrats but some independent voters if he hopes to defeat Collins in the fall.

The latest example comes from Platner's repeated insistence that Collins "voted to send me to Iraq," a campaign line he's been using since at least mid-May, when he uttered it in a New York Times interview:

The anger that I feel is for the people that sent me, who are frankly still the same people who are sending people off right now to be in harm’s way so we can have this stupid war with Iran. Susan Collins voted to send me to Iraq, and she’s also there to help Donald Trump continue this absolutely insane conflict in the Strait of Hormuz.

Except Susan Collins voted for the Iraq war resolution in 2002. Platner didn't enlist until late 2003, several months after the war started.

Others at the time pointed to comments Platner posted on Reddit, where he noted how enthusiastic he was about enlisting, so that he "could kill some people":

Since Platner has continued with the baseless attack, reporters are still talking about it, and Collins was asked about it during a Thursday groundbreaking in Maine.

She landed a solid on him, pointing out that not only did he enlist twice after the war started, but that he "also went to work for a controversial security company" sometime after his service was over. Further, she made the point that Platner was "not drafted" to serve:

Collins also took issue with Platner’s repeatedly saying she sent him to Iraq by voting in 2002 to authorize President George W. Bush to start the war, which began in March 2003. Platner enlisted in the Marines later that year, after finishing high school, and served three combat tours in Iraq. In 2009, he enlisted in the Army, which deployed him for one combat tour in Afghanistan.

Collins said, “He not only enlisted twice, after the war was started, but he also went to work for a security company, a controversial one named Blackwater, after his term in the service was over. So, I respect anyone who steps forward to serve their country. But the fact is, that was Platner's decision to serve. He was not drafted.”

Incredibly, Platner's response was to pretend she was attacking veterans, and to pretend he was their defender after years of disparaging them:

Of course, none of this matters to Maine Democrats and their fellow -travellers: they want a communist in office, and any commie will do. Here are two typical comments posted in response to the X post above:

How far will they bend over to excuse their pet candidate? This moron yesterday defended his hero’s “accidental” Nazi tattoo: