Dem Senate hopeful under fire for resurfaced comments calling cops ‘opportunistic cowards’

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing renewed scrutiny after an old social media comment resurfaced in which he referred to police officers as “opportunistic cowards.” The remark, written several years before his successful campaign for the Democratic nomination, has become the latest source of controversy surrounding a candidate now competing in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country.