EXCLUSIVE: Democratic candidate reverses fundraising course in Maine following Washington Reporter story

Graham Platner, a far-left, anti-Israel Democrat running against Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine), made a complete about-face on his fundraising tactics, following a report from the Washington Reporter about how he bashes anti-”fascist” fundraising texts while sending anti-”fascist” fundraising texts.

Now, however, Platner is singing a different tune. In a new fundraising text message, obtained by the Reporter, Platner tells potential donors that “nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they're fighting fascism,” he wrote. “Because it's such B.S. We're not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren't doing jack right now to fight back.”

The problem for Platner is that he was a Democrat talking about how he was fighting fascism as recently as last week. In text messages asking for donations, Platner wrote that he wanted to raise “one dollar donations to ‘defeat Susan Collins & protect our democracy from fascism.’”

The new version of Platner seems to have no version for the Platner of last week. “All Democratic leadership can do is send us another fundraising text?” he now wrote.

Platner’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the reason for the flip-flop.

While Platner’s campaign saw a quick burst of fundraising momentum, he’s been besieged by stories about his history of praising terrorists and deceptive fundraising tactics since his launch.