Taya Kyle, the widow of legendary Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, went on Fox News to call out Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner for what she described as a cheap, attention-seeking attack on her late husband’s military record, and a resurfaced Reddit post in which Platner allegedly mocked a wounded American soldier has only deepened the backlash.
Platner, a Marine Corps veteran now challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, made the remarks about Chris Kyle’s combat kill numbers during a 2024 episode of the “Green Beret Chronicle Show” podcast. The comments drew sharp rebukes from Taya Kyle and from Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL credited with killing Osama bin Laden.
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