Platner’s brutal attacks on Army soldiers as ‘fat, lazy’ revealed in resurfaced posts

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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. Sen. Susan Collins blasted Platner over resurfaced Reddit posts mocking a U.S. soldier, calling the comments "just appalling" as scrutiny grows over the controversial online remarks. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital) Graham Platner, the Democrat's presumptive nominee for Senate in Maine, described the United States Army as "absolute trash" and "full of fat, lazy trash who would rather not be in uniform" in posts on his now-deleted Reddit account. "I spent another 4 in the Army after the Corps, and while I was very lucky to serve in some sh--t hot units with good dudes, as a whole the organization is absolute trash," Platner wrote in April 2019. "I am not one to totally bad mouth the Army. It does have some squared away fighting units and good guys, as well as some better doctrine here and there. But it is absolutely lacking in the warri