Left-wing Dem Senate hopeful cheered on Antifa violence in unearthed rant: ‘Kill a motherf---er’

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Asked by Fox News Digital if Democratic Senate challenger Graham Platner is too far to the left, GOP Sen. Susan Collins says ‘I believe that will be the conclusion of Maine voters.' Graham Platner, presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, once stated that some people should be killed for their political beliefs, according to a newly surfaced Reddit post. "There are times in this world when, for the good of tolerance and humanity, you need to kill a motherf---er," Platner wrote on his now-deleted Reddit account in September 2013. "Sadly most people who are true believers in tolerance and humanity find that activity repulsive. Which I suppose is morally good, but pragmatically a shortfall." Platner was responding to a blog post about left-wing antifascist (Antifa) protesters attacking the offices of a far-right nationalist political party in Gre