Graham Platner questioned Armenian genocide on Reddit: Report Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing scrutiny for past social media comments, including questioning if the Armenian genocide was ‘in fact genocide’ and mocking a wounded soldier. He also previously had a Nazi Death’s Head tattoo. Platner’s race against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins is currently rated as a toss-up.

• Graham Platner, a progressive Senate candidate in Maine, questioned whether the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire was genocide in a 2016 Reddit comment.
• Platner also made disparaging remarks about a soldier and had a tattoo of the Nazi Death’s Head symbol.
• Turkey’s official stance views the events as tragic consequences for all groups but objects to them being solely presented as genocide.
• Historians like Taner Akçam argue Ottoman archives show genocidal intent.
• Platner’s race against Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins is considered a toss-up.