Maine Senate candidate cites combat trauma when confronted on 'terrible' posts about sexual assault

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner cited his combat deployments and struggling in the aftermath when confronted during an interview that aired Sunday about his past social media posts about sexual assault.

"I wonder, though, if you think how damaging this thing might be politically, because, I read those posts and, you know, they’re bad. Those posts are terrible," CNN's Manu Raju said.

Gov. Janet Mills, who is running against Platner in the Democratic Senate primary, launched...