Platner’s Wild Theory About Why Conservatives Care About Trans Sports 

Radical leftist Senate candidate Graham Platner said that the real “reason” conservatives care about men in women’s sports is that billionaires are afraid of a wealth tax.

He claimed that social concerns, such as the transgender sports issue, are manufactured by billionaire donors to distract voters from economic issues. He suggested that the well-funded campaign against him is strictly a result of his proposed tax increases. 

“They want us arguing about trans kids in sports so we don’t ask about why the hospital closed. That’s the point,” Platner said. “And the reason I know that’s the point is that entire campaign was funded by one billionaire who lives in Illinois. He was afraid that if they don’t get to use bigotry to drive people out to the polls in November, they might lose, and his taxes are going to go up. And he’s right. They sure as hell are.”

Platner was referring to billionaire Richard Uihlein, a prominent GOP megadonor, who financed a ballot referendum in Maine that sought to protect girls and women in sports. 

Platner has been at the center of many controversies throughout his campaign. He once sported a Nazi tattoo, has had an account on a messaging app that’s been called a child predator “paradise,” and has made misogynistic comments dismissive of rape.

He has launched an insurgent campaign against sitting Republican Sen. Susan Collins, focused primarily on far-Left economics and staunch anti-Israel stances. Collins has consistently ranked as the most bipartisan senator in Congress.

Platner has been a vocal supporter of a wealth tax. When Elon Musk became the first person to reach a net worth of over $1 trillion, Platner called on voters to make sure he was the “last” trillionaire. 

The argument that social issues are a distraction from class warfare is a familiar socialist claim. The Democratic Socialists of America, an extremist Left-wing group of which Platner is a former member, states that “culture wars are intended to pit workers against each other to empower a Right-wing government.” 

Platner is leading Collins in the most recent polls.