According to a bombshell claim from Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson, protective measures have been beefed up for people worried about revenge from supporters of Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner.
NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich amplified Robinson’s report that certain Mainers are on edge over what he dubbed “Platneristas,” writing, “Security has been increased among certain people in Maine who are afraid of who he called ‘Platneristas’ and Platner, especially given his past and statements about violence.”
@SteveRob reports security has been increased among certain people in Maine who are afraid of who he called “Platneristas” and Platner, especially given his past and statements about violence
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 6, 2026
The Maine Wire itself vouched for the claim, insisting on social media that the account was accurate.
This is 100% true https://t.co/68yZgQQtq0
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) July 6, 2026
Robinson doubled down by explaining that Platner didn’t just dabble in firearms circles — he allegedly built and ran a paramilitary-style outfit stocked with hard-Left radicals.
The guy started and trained a paramilitary org filled with left-wing extremists and revolutionaries. https://t.co/7bZCBLvaBH
— Steve Robinson (@SteveRob) July 7, 2026
That accusation traces back to Robinson’s own reporting from last October, when he first revealed that Platner — a Marine-turned-oyster farmer — had personally drilled members of the Socialist Rifle Association (SRA) in gun handling. Robinson built on that scoop, writing of Platner:
Posting under the Reddit handle “P-Hustle,” he wrote in August 2020 that his chapter ran “lots of range days, firearms education classes,” that he’d “just put on a defensive handgun course two weekends ago,” and that the group ran monthly introductory courses plus “more advanced classes for experienced members.” In a separate post, he recruited a Mainer to the chapter directly: “We’re quite active.”
On X, the far left gun club posted images from multiple training sessions showcasing members with blurred faces and an arsenal of firearms. The SRA blurs faces in the photographs, but some were insufficiently blurred — including a red-haired, red-bearded man matching Platner.
Platner “was teaching actual paramilitary tactics to an explicitly political, far-Left organization,” Robinson reported.
Robinson also pointed out a political irony: a bill cracking down on paramilitary-style firearms instruction sailed through Maine’s Legislature in 2024, championed by Democratic state Sen. Joe Baldacci, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress in this year’s primary. Robinson noted that the law was framed around fears of Right-wing militias, even as Platner was overseeing the kind of training the statute was designed to outlaw.
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