A new example of scandal-plagued Maine Democrat Senate Candidate Graham Platner’s contempt for human life came to light Saturday when his social media post mocking a teen girl’s suicide attempt resurfaced.
“Someone clearly isn’t trying hard enough,” Reddit commenter P-Hustle (Platner’s screen name) replied to an image of a young man trying to save a teenage girl hanging out of an upper-story window in a social media post obtained by The New York Post.
Platner’s comment about a girl’s suicide is just the latest social media post is just the latest in a series of callous comments about death to be reported in recent weeks.
Last month, a vulgar 2019 Reddit post on Platner’s account declaring that Purple Heart recipient Pfc. Ted Daniels – who had been shot four times by Taliban fighters in 2012 – “didn’t deserve to live” was unearthed, as Fox News reported:
“‘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.
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