Left-wing Dem Senate hopeful cheered on Antifa violence in unearthed rant: ‘Kill a motherf---er’

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Graham Platner, presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, once stated that some people should be killed for their political beliefs, according to a newly surfaced Reddit post. "There are times in this world when, for the good of tolerance and humanity, you need to kill a motherf---er," Platner wrote on his now-deleted Reddit account in September 2013. "Sadly most people who are true believers in tolerance and humanity find that activity repulsive. Which I suppose is morally good, but pragmatically a shortfall." Platner was responding to a blog post about left-wing antifascist (Antifa) protestors attacking the offices of a far-right nationalist political party in Greece. BERNIE SANDERS DEFENDS MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE UNDER FIRE FOR REDDIT COMMENTS The Platner campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday. Platner is running effectively unopposed in Maine's Democratic primary in June with the ultimate goal of flipping one of Maine's Senate seats blue in the 2026 midterms in November. As recently as April 2020, Platner claimed on Reddit that he was a member of his local chapter of the Socialist Rifle Association — a leftist response to the National Rifle Association. The SRA, a nonprofit based in Wichita, Kansas, provides firearms training and education to leftists to further the goal of providing a "rebuff against reactionary right wing firearms culture," according to its website . In a post describing his left-wing drift after leaving the military, Platner stated "still got the guns though, I don’t trust the fascists to act politely." Platner had described Republicans, such as President Donald Trump , as fascists using his Reddit account. He also classified himself as a "socialist" and "communist" in comments made under the moniker "P-Hustle" on Reddit, but has since tried to distance himself from those labels during his run for U.S. Senate. PLATNER'S DELETED REDDIT SPARKS OUTRAGE AGAIN AS HE APPEARS TO MOCK WOU…