Maine Senate candidate Graham Plattner said Tuesday he won’t mourn the loss Former Vice President Dick Cheney cited his displeasure with the leader as a proponent of the Iraq War.
He said, “Normally when a former vice president passes away, we all take some time to mourn. As a veteran of the Iraq War, I’m going to say no, not this time.” Video Posted on social platform X.
He said, “Over the next few days, I’m sure thousands of thoughts will be written about his legacy, but the only legacy we have to remember is that he wasted thousands of young American lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives and trillions of dollars.”
Cheney helped lead the country’s “War on Terror”, urging the United States to enter the Iraq War following the 9/11 attacks. bush The administration sent troops to invade Iraq in 2003 over false claims the country had weapons of mass destruction, drawing sharp criticism from many, including one of Maine’s most outspoken candidates vying to be the state’s Democratic nominee for Senate.
Plattner’s background as a Marine and Army National Guard has been brought to the forefront of his campaign as both an asset and a liability.
Voting revealed voters empty After learning from Plattner, he got a tattoo of a Nazi Totenkopf while serving overseas in the Marines. He also drew criticism for past Reddit posts belittling service members who were victims of sexual assault, declared himself a “communist” and described white rural Americans as racist and stupid after returning from multiple tours of duty.
Despite the controversy, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) suppressed In support of Plattner, he was praised as the best candidate for working-class voters.
“This is a guy who will tell you, who served four terms of duty with the United States Army, he was in the middle of some heavy fighting. He was a machine gunner, he mowed down people, you know?” he told Axios.
Sanders continued, “He went through some very difficult experiences in the Army after watching his friends die as a machine gunner. When he came out of the Army, he would admit – I’m not telling you what he wouldn’t say – he had PTSD. He went to the VA and, by the way, he says they rebuilt his life.”
Plattner has accused the Democratic Party of trying to “ruin” his life by bringing up past mistakes. However, he has refused to withdraw from the race to become the Pine Tree State’s Democratic nominee for Senate.
He used Cheney’s death as another opportunity to emphasize the need to oust incumbent Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is running for a sixth term.
“If we take anything away from this, it should be that we need to create a politics that holds politicians like Susan Collins who support illegal foreign wars like Iraq accountable and gets them out of office,” he said in Tuesday’s clip.
