Top Democrat candidate for Maine Senate seat Platner made sexually explicit Reddit comments: report

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for a Maine Senate seat, Grant Platner, reportedly made sexually explicit comments on Reddit using an account that's now deleted. 

Platner is trying to unseat long-time GOP Sen. Susan Collins. 

In the comments, he discussed masturbating in public toilets and praised crude graffiti, according to Fox News. 

In one comment on a post in March 2017 on Reddit's r/Military forum about nostalgia over smells in the military, Platner said, "I still have to j--k o-f every time I sit in a portas----er [portable toilet]… that blue water smell conditioned me." 

The comment was posted under the account "P-Hustle," which Platner previously confirmed was his. It's since been deleted. 

In another post, in March 2021, on Reddit's r/USMC forum, Platner wrote about a drawing of a penis inside a portable toilet, calling it "beautiful" and "engorged and veiny." 

Platner enlisted in the Marines in 2003 and served three combat tours in Iraq.

Just the News has reached out to Platner's campaign for comment. 

Platner has also been questioned about other posts including a now-deleted one from 2013 in which he stated people concerned about rape should not "get so f---ed up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to."