{"id":2606719,"date":"2026-05-25T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hero-vet-whom-graham-platner-said-didnt-deserve-to-live-unleashes-tactical-brilliance-leaves-dems-in-painful-dilemma\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:36:54","slug":"hero-vet-whom-graham-platner-said-didnt-deserve-to-live-unleashes-tactical-brilliance-leaves-dems-in-painful-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hero-vet-whom-graham-platner-said-didnt-deserve-to-live-unleashes-tactical-brilliance-leaves-dems-in-painful-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero Vet Whom Graham Platner Said Didn&#8217;t Deserve to Live Unleashes Tactical Brilliance, Leaves Dems in Painful Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhero-vet-whom-graham-platner-said-didnt-deserve-to-live-unleashes-tactical-brilliance-leaves-dems-in-painful-dilemma%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A resurfaced 2019 Reddit post by maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner-where he allegedly said Purple Heart recipient Ted Daniels \u201cdidn\u2019t deserve to live\u201d after a Taliban firefight-has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-gop-sells-alligator-alcatraz-merch-ahead-of-ice-facility-launch-in-everglades-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Florida GOP sells \u2018Alligator Alcatraz\u2019 merch ahead of ICE facility launch in Everglades - Washington Examiner\">drawn sharp backlash<\/a>. Daniels, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-amputee-green-beret-jay-collins-running-in-florida-biden-administration-has-failed-on-the-international-stage\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Amputee Green Beret Jay Collins Running in Florida: Biden Administration has Failed on the International Stage\">wounded multiple times<\/a> and later earned the Purple Heart, said he doesn\u2019t seek an apology and criticized left-leaning Democrats who continue to support Platner. Daniels also questioned whether Platner woudl confront him directly rather than attack online.<\/p>\n<p>The article adds that Platner has made other controversial claims, including allegations about the late Navy SEAL Chris kyle during a 2024 podcast, which drew a response from Kyle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >widow expressing emotional harm<\/a> and rejecting the accusations. despite the controversies, the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders reportedly reaffirmed his endorsement of Platner and campaigned with him, while Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is described as having appeared with Platner and declined to comment when confronted about the past remarks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Purple Heart recipient, whom Maine U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner said didn\u2019t deserve to live, responded in a way that left Democrat backers of the candidate with no legitimate response.<\/p>\n<p>In his since-deleted Reddit account, Platner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-senate-candidate-graham-platner-delighted-clip-purple-heart-veteran-shot-almost-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in 2019, \u201cThis video never gets old,\u201d referring to viral footage taken by PFC Ted Daniels\u2019s helmet cam during a clash with Taliban fighters in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDumb motherf***er didn\u2019t deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat a** wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban\u2019s part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home, he managed to make every possible s*** decision possible when it comes to small unit combat,\u201d Platner, a U.S. Marine Corps and Army veteran who served three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, wrote on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels \u2014 37 and a father of two when the gunfight took place \u2014 earned the Purple Heart after being hit four times.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/looking-behind-the-sightlines-of-an-american-soldier-under-taliban-fire\/2013\/01\/26\/a277af20-6180-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> in 2012 that he was hoping to draw fire away from his fellow squad members when he moved down a rocky hillside in the open before taking partial cover as bullets whizzed nearby. All his squadmates survived the engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which was uploaded on YouTube in September 2012, has over 47 million views.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>  WARNING: The following video contains explicit language and scenes from combat.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rLHU-_OhT8g?si=1oE3u-Ia8qfPs2fs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Daniels told the New York Post in an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/24\/us-news\/purple-heart-vet-graham-platner-said-deserved-to-die-slams-dems-backing-him-say-that-to-my-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> published on Sunday regarding Graham\u2019s 2019 comments, \u201cI\u2019m very thick-skinned, and he said it\u2026 I don\u2019t want an apology, and any apology from him [Graham] at this point would definitely not be sincere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019d really like is for [Sen.] Elizabeth Warren, [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer, [Sen.] Bernie Sanders, [House Minority Leader] Hakeem Jeffries, and everybody else on the far left to tell my children to their face that they are endorsing and supporting a man who said that their father should have not lived. Cheering on the death of their father,\u201d the veteran said.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels, who is 6\u2032 4\u2033, also questioned whether Graham would have the courage to confront him in person, rather than on an online forum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a pretty intimidating person to stand in front of, and it\u2019s easy for them to shoot a mouth off behind a keyboard, but face to face, it\u2019s crickets, and I kind of wonder what Graham Platner\u2019s response would be if he were face to face with me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Combat vet and Purple Heart recipient Ted Daniels ripping Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner over a resurfaced post in which Platner said Daniels should have died after nearly being killed by the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGraham, you\u2019re a coward\u2026 I think you\u2019re a scumbag\u2026 People\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IU4YYcfvbq\">pic.twitter.com\/IU4YYcfvbq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2057905178762690712?\">May 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Platner also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-senate-candidate-graham-platner-delighted-clip-purple-heart-veteran-shot-almost-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smeared<\/a> now-deceased Navy SEAL Chris Kyle during a 2024 podcast, accusing the \u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d of running up his kill count by shooting unarmed civilians.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Left-wing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner smeared the late \u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d Chris Kyle in a 2024 podcast interview, suggesting that Kyle shot innocent civilians in Iraq to inflate his kill numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Platner also bristled at the fact that Kyle and members of his platoon\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UQDxEmnXjH\">pic.twitter.com\/UQDxEmnXjH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/2057115930090467782?\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kyle\u2019s widow, Taya Kyle, responded, telling Fox News, \u201cMy family and I, my kids and I, we\u2019d love to get on here and say, \u2018It doesn\u2019t matter when people say things like that\u2019 \u2026 but the truth is, it does hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething like this, where it\u2019s so obvious to us that [Platner] did not know him, that he\u2019s making things up, that it\u2019s the polar opposite of what Chris said and did, it cheapens it,\u201d she added. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine anyone voting for somebody like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Widow of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TayaKyle?\">@TayaKyle<\/a> speaks candidly about the emotional toll political attacks can have on mourning families after Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner made comments about the life and legacy of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-candidate-had-social-worker-license-revoked-for-violating-louisiana-regulations\/\" title=\"Dem ... Had Social Worker License Revoked for Violating Louisiana Regulations\">late husband<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich?\">@JacquiHeinrich<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQL3nJeHdJ\">pic.twitter.com\/DQL3nJeHdJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunday Briefing (@SundayBriefFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SundayBriefFNC\/status\/2058590904240201777?\">May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Sanders has not backed away from his endorsement of Platner at all, despite these and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sex-trafficking-disastrous-graham-platner-comments-surface-dem-buyers-regret-reaches-new-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial statements<\/a>. Not even the candidate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senate-candidate-graham-platner-says-nazi-tattoo-strengthened-standing-democratic-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazi tattoo<\/a> caused the Vermont lawmaker to change his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders proudly posted Sunday on X, \u201cOn our way to Bangor, Maine for a rally with [Platner],\u201d adding, \u201cWe need candidates like Graham who will take on the greed of the oligarchs and deliver for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On our way to Bangor, Maine for a rally with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grahamformaine?\">@grahamformaine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The crises facing our country are too serious for establishment politics and tinkering around the edges.<\/p>\n<p>We need candidates like Graham who will take on the greed of the oligarchs and deliver for working families. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NArAk4EImM\">pic.twitter.com\/NArAk4EImM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/2058601198026981818?\">May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sanders posted a picture of himself holding up Platner\u2019s hand at the rally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouris-republican-governor-says-gop-lawmakers-tried-to-embarrass-him-in-disgusting-scheme\/\" title=\"Missouri\u2019s Republican Governor Says GOP Lawmakers Tried To \u2018Embarrass\u2019 Him In \u2018Disgusting Scheme\u2019\">full house<\/a> in Orono, ME last night for a Fighting Oligarchy rally. Thanks to Graham &#038; Troy for joining me\u2014tonight we\u2019ll be in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are tired of the status quo and want REAL change.<\/p>\n<p>They want leaders to take on billionaires and fight for working families. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kEOI3YsHUH\">pic.twitter.com\/kEOI3YsHUH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/2058908791869960321?\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/warren-torched-over-my-kind-man-praise-platner-after-death-wish-post-wounded-veteran-resurfaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported that Massachusetts\u2019 Sen. Elizabeth Warren has not pulled her endorsement either after appearing at a campaign rally with Platner last month, where she called him \u201cmy kind of man.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elizabeth Warren on the Nazi tattooed Graham Platner: \u201cThat\u2019s my kind of man.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SrihBYJdVw\">pic.twitter.com\/SrihBYJdVw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/2045647050755231976?\">April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported that Warren declined to comment when confronted with past statements the Democrat candidate made about Daniels and Kyle.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if Platner were a Republican, the drumbeat against him from the likes of Sanders and Warren would be nonstop. 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