Graham Platner questioned Armenian genocide in now-deleted Reddit comments: Report
Graham Platner, a Senate candidate from Maine, faced backlash for questioning the classification of the Armenian mass killings as genocide in a now-deleted Reddit comment. His past social media comments, including derogatory remarks about a wounded soldier, have also come under scrutiny. The controversy has prompted calls for Platner to clarify his views on the Armenian genocide, especially given the significant Armenian population in Maine.
- ▪Graham Platner questioned whether the mass-killing of Armenians was genocide in a 2016 Reddit comment.
- ▪Platner's past comments include mocking a wounded American soldier and sharing inappropriate personal experiences.
- ▪The Turkish government disputes the characterization of the events as genocide, claiming exaggeration of the death toll.
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Maine progressive Senate candidate Graham Platner questioned whether the mass-killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century “was in fact genocide” in a now-deleted 2016 Reddit comment. The revelation of the post, first by the Washington Free Beacon on Friday, came amid national scrutiny into Platner’s past comments on social media. In other posts, Platner mocked an American soldier shot four times during a Taliban firefight as a “fat a**” who “didn’t deserve to live” and recalled his experience masturbating in a public toilet while deployed to Afghanistan.
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