{"id":1021,"date":"2026-06-02T04:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:13:29","slug":"graham-platner-accuses-pete-hegseth-of-starting-wars-to-sound-like-a-tough-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner accuses Pete Hegseth of starting wars to sound like a \u2018tough guy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, is now aiming his attacks at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1019\">Appeals court rejects Trump administration ban on transgender troops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete Hegseth is literally using the U.S. military to make up for the fact that he\u2019s insecure about his own military service. That\u2019s insane,\u201d Mr. Platner said on NPR.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Platner, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, is running as a left-wing populist in a bid to oust longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. While the presumptive Democratic nominee, Mr. Platner\u2019s campaign has been rocked by criticism of his Nazi-themed tattoo and bysexually explicit text messages with women who weren\u2019t his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Platner accused Mr. Hegseth of using the Iran war to sound like a \u201ctough guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis combat record doesn\u2019t look like the combat record of a lot of people, and I think that bothers him,\u201d said Mr. Platner, who served four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. \u201cNow he gets to posture. He gets to literally start wars so he can pretend that he\u2019s this big tough guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1017\">California runoff tests GOP\u2019s bid to reform California<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also criticized those in Washington who \u201cwrap themself in the flag\u201d while seeking to enrich themselves with power or profit or both. He said the willingness of young Americans to volunteer to place themselves in harm\u2019s way is a national resource that must be jealously guarded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p>    SEE ALSO: Appeals court rejects Trump administration ban on transgender troops<\/p>\n<p>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hegseth was commissioned in 2003 after graduating from Princeton University. He spent about a year guarding detainees as a National Guard platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and later volunteered for combat duties in Iraq. He served both in the infantry and as a civil affairs officer.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hegseth and the Pentagon repeatedly declined to respond to the comments from the Senate hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1015\">Trump keeps fragile Iran talks intact after urging restraint on Netanyahu, Tehran proxies in Lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, is now aiming his attacks at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[202,676],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-graham-platner","tag-pete-hegseth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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