Graham Platner

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2,222 appearances 59 recordings 20 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 9 Jul

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Up First from NPR · Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

Of course not.

And so I honestly think that the question itself is sort of a defense of the system as it has stood.

And I just don't buy it.

I think the fact that I have served my country, multiple combat tours, the fact that I've seen up close the actual realities of war,

And then struggled afterwards with not just the trauma and the sort of challenges that come with that, but also coming back to a society itself that had sent a lot of us off to fight in those wars.

And when we came home, it almost didn't even acknowledge that those wars had happened in the first place.

Yeah, very much so.

And going through that and then going through, frankly, like the darkness and the alienation, the isolation that comes from it.

And then...

Getting help, getting therapy, going to the VA, moving back to my hometown, building a life in the community that I was born and raised in, reconnecting with people and rebuilding hope in that.

And then at the exact same time, building a small business, growing food in the ocean for my community.

I mean, we don't sell an oyster outside of a 25-mile radius.

And that whole experience, I think to me, that makes me quite qualified to understand that policy, decisions made in DC, they have real material outcomes for people.

It's not theory.

It's not vague.

It's not just words on a page.

It's not just numbers.

All of this stuff has a material reality for regular people in this country, one that I have seen up close and personal and seen the outcomes of.

And I think that makes me very qualified

to go up into that place of power and make sure that when policy is crafted, we are always keeping in the forefront of our minds, what is this going to do to regular everyday Americans?

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