Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s deleted Reddit account has continued to cause headaches for his campaign in recent months, and a recently resurfaced post appearing to mock a U.S. soldier almost killed in combat is stirring up more controversy. 

«This video never gets old,» the Reddit account «P-Hustle» — which Platner has acknowledged he owned — posted in June 2019, in reference to a viral video from the helmet cam of Pfc. Ted Daniels taken during a clash with Taliban fighters in 2012 that ended in Daniels being shot four times. He earned a Purple Heart for his injuries.

«Dumb motherf******  didn’t deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat ass wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home, he managed to make every possible shit decision possible when it comes to small unit combat.» 

The post was deleted but can be found on the Maine Monitor’s database of Platner’s deleted Reddit history.

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Daniels said in later interviews that he purposely moved into the open to draw fire away from other men in his unit, and while he expressed embarrassment and said «tactically» it was «not a sound thing to do,» ultimately, «I put my a– on the line for other guys.»

Platner, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is garnering criticism over the deleted post from a variety of sources ranging from the internet, to the National Republican Senate Committee, to a former Marine who spoke to Fox News Digital. 

«We don’t make jokes about our brothers and sisters dying, that’s not something we do, that’s not normal,» Adam Schwarze, a former Navy SEAL and Marine veteran running for U.S. Senate as a Republican in Minnesota, said about Platner mocking a fellow soldier on social media in an open forum.

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Schwarze acknowledged that Marines can sometimes have a «dark» sense of humor and give each other a hard time about tactics when speaking privately, but said that Platner’s post was something different. 

«We don’t post about our brothers getting wounded in action.»

Schwarze also took issue with posts from Platner’s account related to law enforcement, including that «all police are bastards», given that so many members of law enforcement are former active duty military.

«I think it’s very dangerous to say, ‘Hey, this is how veterans think and talk’ because that’s just not true. I served 21 years, nine deployments, I don’t know one combat veteran who makes comments like cops are bastards.»

Schwarze said he believes Platner has «mental issues.» 

«I feel bad for him. I think he should get some help. He deserves help from his time down range, from his PTSD and his mental health issues, but he certainly shouldn’t be running for the United States Senate.»

NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell added, «Anyone who makes fun of the American soldiers who gave their lives for freedom and cheers on terrorists has no place serving in the United States Senate.»

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Graham Platner, the Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, holds an energy event in Ellsworth, Maine, on Monday, May 11, 2026. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

«That’s what Platner thinks about his fellow Americans at war,» journalist Magdi Jacobs, who first published the deleted entry on social media, wrote on X. «If they’re not good at killing or broader tactics, he has contempt for them. He displays no empathy. The opposite, in fact.»

Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign for comment.

Platner, a first-time candidate who is backed by progressive champions Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, has previously responded to questions about his social posts by saying he was joking.

«You should read the comments in context. It’s very clear I’m joking,» he previously told Fox News Digital when asked about other comments. «It’s called s—posting. It’s when you argue with people on the internet and try to bother them. So, yeah, no, it’s very obviously not true.» 

Other posts Platner has been questioned about, including in a recent interview with The New York Times, include a 2013 post, which Platner later deleted, that people concerned about rape should not «get so f—ed up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to.»

Platner has also faced scrutiny for more recent Reddit posts, including one from five years ago in which he described himself as a «communist» and «socialist.» Additionally, Platner’s posts have contained alleged homophobic slurs and praise for military tactics used by Hamas.

Platner became the Democrats’ presumptive nominee after his rival for the nomination, two-term Gov. Janet Mills, ended her campaign last month after trailing Platner in polling and fundraising.

Platner will attempt to defeat five-term incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins this fall in a closely watched race that could have a significant impact on the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

La muerte de una nena de dos años en Chile generó una fuerte conmoción y abrió una investigación judicial contra su padre, que quedó detenido acusado de homicidio por omisión.

La menor cayó desde el piso 11 de un edificio ubicado en la comuna de Las Condes, en Santiago, mientras estaba bajo el cuidado de su papá durante una visita autorizada por la Justicia.

El hecho ocurrió el domingo por la tarde, cerca de las 17:10, en un departamento de la calle Los Militares. Según reconstruyó la fiscalía chilena, la nena, identificada como Isidora, había llegado esa mañana al edificio para pasar el día con su padre, Jorge Constanzo, quien tenía un régimen de visitas establecido: podía verla un domingo al mes, entre las 10 y las 18.

Este domingo, el hombre llegó cerca de 50 minutos tarde a buscar a la menor para concretar el encuentro. Luego, ambos almorzaron juntos y regresaron al departamento.

Horas antes de la tragedia Constanzo había participado del cumpleaños de su pareja en el quincho del edificio y luego continuó la celebración en un boliche hasta la madrugada. Los fiscales sostienen que había consumido alcohol y que se quedó dormido junto a su pareja mientras la nena descansaba sola en otra habitación del departamento.

“La acción del imputado fue mucho más que una negligencia”, afirmó el fiscal Jorge Reyes Henríquez durante la audiencia de imputación. Según explicó, la menor estuvo sola entre una hora y media y dos horas en un dormitorio donde la cama estaba pegada a una ventana sin redes de protección.

La caída fue advertida por una vecina que escuchó un fuerte golpe en el sector de estacionamiento del complejo. Cuando llegaron los policías y los equipos de emergencia, intentaron determinar desde qué departamento había caído la nena. Como Isidora no vivía en el edificio, nadie lograba identificarla.

Recién varios minutos después lograron ubicar el departamento del padre. Siempre según la fiscalía, el hombre no reaccionó a los primeros llamados porque seguía dormido. Los investigadores estiman que se enteró de la muerte de su hija alrededor de 40 minutos después de la caída.

Durante la audiencia judicial también se reveló que existía un acuerdo previo en el Tribunal de Familia para instalar medidas de seguridad en el departamento debido a las visitas de la menor. Sin embargo, la querella impulsada por la madre, Gloria Ortiz, sostiene que las protecciones solo habían sido colocadas en el balcón y no en otras ventanas del inmueble.

El padre fue imputado por homicidio por omisión y permanece con internación provisoria en Santiago 1 mientras la Justicia define si quedará en prisión preventiva. La defensa, en tanto, pidió medidas menos gravosas, como firma mensual y arraigo nacional.

El dolor de la mamá de Isidora: “Era extremadamente querida”

La mamá de Isidora habló públicamente después de la tragedia y aseguró que la familia atraviesa horas de profundo dolor.

“Como familia estamos tremendamente consternados por la muerte de mi hija”, expresó Gloria Ortiz en declaraciones a Radio Bío Bío. Además, sostuvo que espera que la investigación permita esclarecer lo ocurrido y apuntó a una presunta negligencia durante el cuidado de la menor.

“Hasta el momento, ellos tienen que tomar el caso y abordarlo de la manera que es, que es un acto negligente durante el cuidado personal de mi hija”, afirmó.

La mujer contó que la noticia le resultó imposible de creer en un primer momento. “Se acercaba la hora de la llegada de la Isidora y ese mensaje nunca llegó”, recordó.

Tras recibir el llamado de Carabineros, Gloria intentó comunicarse con el padre de la menor y también con familiares de él para confirmar lo ocurrido. Finalmente, fue la hermana del hombre quien le informó que la tragedia era real.

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La mamá de Isidora también habló del cariño que recibía la nena en su entorno cotidiano. “He recibido mucho apoyo de donde trabajo, del jardín donde asistía la Isidora, que era tremendamente querida”, dijo.

“Ahora toca esperar para poder tener a mi hija y despedirla de la mejor manera posible junto a toda su familia”, concluyó.

One of the nation’s most narrowly divided swing congressional districts chose its Democratic nominee Tuesday evening, as Bob Brooks was projected to win in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District.

The contested primary brought Democratic Party divisions front and center, featuring firefighters union boss Bob Brooks — endorsed by both Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — former federal prosecutor Ryan Crosswell, Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure and EMILY’s List-endorsed candidate Carol Obando-Derstine, who is seen as the preferred pick of the district’s last Democratic representative, former Rep. Susan Wild of Allentown.

Brooks received several high-profile endorsements from Shapiro, Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and top state Democrats, including House Majority Leader Matt Bradford of Skippack and Sen. Vincent Hughes of Northwest Philadelphia.

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Brooks also earned the endorsement of the mayor of the area’s largest city — Allentown, the third-largest city in the commonwealth.

Meanwhile, McClure — the only current local officeholder in the race — did not immediately gain traction against Brooks.

Brooks appeared to weather intraparty controversy after old social media posts expressing more moderate or conservative views resurfaced — including one using an off-color sexual term to describe former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick for criticizing law enforcement during the BLM era.

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Recent construction on Eighth Street in Allentown revealed an old-style campaign sign for Bill Heydt, the city’s last Republican mayor who served from 1994 to 2002. (Charlie Creitz)

Crosswell was born in nearby Schuylkill County but for many years worked in Washington for the Justice Department. He was one of several prosecutors who resigned in protest of the Trump administration dropping a federal probe into former New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Adams has since become less critical of the right and has often dinged his successor, Zohran Mamdani, on social media.

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., attends the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled «Beyond The Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses» in the Rayburn Building on May 7, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The district’s tri-city hub of Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton — known locally as «A.B.E.» or «The Valley» — has a blue-collar history that has at times entered the national consciousness through Billy Joel’s famous anthem about Bethlehem Steel and other firms «closing all the factories down,» while the now-blighted SteelStacks often serve as both a backdrop for what once was and a rallying call for politicians pushing what comes next.

That «next» has included a wave of new warehouses and firms dedicated to interstate commerce, along with growth tied to the tech sector.

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Farmland in the northern part of the district is gradually being developed into homes and warehouses — to the chagrin of many longtime residents — as an influx of people from higher-tax New Jersey and New York, along with the area’s changing socioeconomic makeup, brings more liberal and progressive voters into a once «Reagan Democrat»-style region rooted in agriculture and union labor.

The former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces are seen from Pennsylvania Route 412 near Lehigh University’s campus. (Charles Creitz/Fox News Digital)

The district’s current boundaries still reflect that contrast, as the farther north one travels, the more rural, agrarian or forested — and conservative — the area becomes. Wild drew criticism twice for appearing to insult the Trump-supporting swath of Carbon County, the only one of the district’s three counties entirely within the 7th Congressional District to vote for Mackenzie in 2024.

The Republican in the race, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie of Lower Macungie, was a state representative in western Lehigh County for many years before upsetting Wild by one percentage point in 2024.

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Mackenzie has since drawn praise from President Donald Trump and criticism from the left, whose protesters often gather outside his office and spill onto busy Cedar Crest Boulevard in southwest Allentown.

As the House GOP’s narrow majority hangs in the balance, it remains to be seen which side is energized enough to turn out for its candidate in a race the nation will be watching closely.