WATCH: Collins rips Maine challenger Platner over resurfaced Reddit post mocking wounded US soldier

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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) Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ripped Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner over his recently exposed Reddit posts mocking a wounded U.S. soldier. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee challenging Collins in November’s midterm election. "It’s never appropriate to mock a downed American soldier," Collins told Fox News Digital. "It’s just appalling." PLATNER'S DELETED REDDIT SPARKS OUTRAGE AGAIN AS HE APPEARS TO MOCK WOUNDED SOLDIER: 'DIDN'T DESERVE TO LIVE' Sen. Susan Collins blasts Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner for an old Reddit post in which he mocked a wounded U.S. soldier. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc