Graham Planter Smeared Murdered ‘American
Sniper’ Chris Kyle in Podcast Rant,
Claiming Navy SEAL Shot Innocent Civilians
‘To Get High Numbers’
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 5/20/2026 6:39:00 AM
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D.) suggested that legendary "American Sniper" Chris Kyle shot innocent civilians in Iraq in order to inflate his kill numbers. Platner also bristled at the idea of the former Navy SEAL and his platoon being dubbed "heroes." Platner, running for Senate against Sen. Susan Collins (R.), lashed out at Kyle and members of the SEAL's "Task Unit Bruiser" in a May 2024 podcast interview on Green Beret Chronicle Show in which Platner, a former Marine, discussed his deployment in 2006 to Ramadi, a hotbed of insurgent activity during the Iraq war. In the interview, Platner—who did not belong to an elite Special Forces unit like
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