Unearthed posts show Dem Senate hopeful praising vulgar graffiti, making crude porta-potty admission

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Editor’s note: This story contains graphic language. FIRST ON FOX: Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who is already facing criticism over past Reddit posts, made graphic sexual comments on his now-deleted account about masturbating in portable toilets and explicit graffiti found in military restrooms. In one March 2017 post on Reddit’s r/Military forum, Platner responded to a discussion about nostalgic military smells by writing: "I still have to jerk off every time I sit in a portas----er… that blue water smell conditioned me." The archived posts were made under "P-Hustle," a now-deleted Reddit account that Platner previously acknowledged was his. In another post from March 2021 on Reddit’s r/USMC forum, Platner described a crude penis drawing inside a portable toilet while deployed overseas. DELETED POSTS URGING VIOLENCE HAUNT DEMOCRATIC SENATE HOPEFUL IN MAINE RACE Responding to a thread dedicated to so-called "GWOT Dick Art," Platner launched into an extended monologue praising the explicit graffiti in unusually vivid terms, calling it "beautiful," "engorged and veiny," and moving "towards its penetrative glory." "Oh s***!!!," Platner wrote. "You’ve got the Hot Rod C*** from Manas!" Manas was a major U.S. military transit hub in Kyrgyzstan used during the wars in Afghanistan . Platner enlisted in the Marines in 2003 and served three combat tours in Iraq. In 2010, he joined the Maryland Army National Guard for a fourth tour, serving in the infantry in Afghanistan. He returned to Afghanistan eight years later as a security contractor. PLATNER CALLED PTSD EXCUSE 'BULL----' IN 2020 POST, NOW CITES HIS OWN STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN ONLINE CONTROVERSIES The post accompanied a photograph of a smiling serviceman posing beside the explicit illustration inside the portable restroom. "I sat there in sheer awe," Platner wrote. "The soul filling joy to be allowed to witness such glory." Fox News Digital reached out to Platner’s campaign for comment on Monday. Plat…