Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) said Monday his past Reddit comments were meant “to get a rise out of people.” “That was me trying to get a rise out of people on the Internet,” Platner

Democrats are split over Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after resurfaced Reddit posts and a viral video showing a tattoo resembling a Nazi “Death’s Head” emblem reignited scrutiny of his past.

Maine senate hopeful Graham Platner’s campaign is facing an increasingly uphill battle as additional past comments by the candidate – who earned Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont’s endorsement – continue to surface.

The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate has come under fire recently for his now-deleted social media posts about racism, sexual assault in the military and police officers.

She is seen as perhaps the most vulnerable Republican this cycle, and Democrats’ most viable pick-up opportunity. Yet she may have drawn the luckiest other side of the ticket as the opposition seems determined to thwart itself.