Veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner ’s nascent campaign was hit with its first major hurdle following reports of years-old Reddit posts that were at times vulgar and offensive, including usages of the “R-slur” and one comment in which he questioned whether Black people tip.

Platner apologized for the posts last week in a direct-to-camera video, saying that the comments were made following a dark period in his life in his younger days.

“I got out of the Army in 2012. I had PTSD, I had depression. I had all of the things that come with serving in a war, in two wars that I eventually began to not believe in at all. It left me feeling very unmoored. It left me feeling very disillusioned, very alienated, and very isolated,” Platner said. “And I think, like a lot of people, I went on

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