Collins-aligned group launches ‘red flags’ site targeting Senate opponent

A group aligned with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has launched a website compiling “red flags” raised by her Democratic opponent, Graham Platner.

On the site, Pine Tree Results, a fundraising committee, listed several violations that followed Graham Platner’s campaign as he tried to unseat Collins and flip a key Republican-held Senate seat.

“Over 20 years of a grown man revealing his true character with one red flag after another.” the website states. “He’s radical. He’s dangerous. He’s too extreme for Maine.”

Drawing on social media, Reddit and reporting, the website offers viewers a graveyard of Platner’s most controversial moments and issues and hopes to keep them in the public eye as it enters the final six months of the campaign.

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Specifically, he lists seven key “flags”: the way Platner talked about rape victims, a Nazi tattoo that Platner removed, comments in which he called police “bastards,” derogatory remarks about Maine residents, alleged sympathy for terrorists, comments about communism, and “bigoted” opinions about minorities.

Platner’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Founded in January last year, Pine Tree Results According to FEC records, He amassed a $12.7 million war chest that went mostly unused.

Despite a series of scandals highlighted by the Pine Tree Results, Democrats are counting on Platner to carry the party flag in the state they believe is ripe for a Senate win.

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Senator Susan Collins of Maine will be interviewed by Fox News Digital in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2026. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

Platner became the party’s de facto nominee earlier this year when former Maine governor Janet Mills, 78, announced she would suspend her campaign after it became clear that Platner was gaining more momentum.

A political moderate, Collins found success as a Republican in the historically Democratic Pine Tree State. He was last re-elected in 2020 with a 51% to 42.4% victory over Democratic opponent Sara Gideon, a Maine state legislator.

Democrats hope Platner’s speech as a political outsider will persuade voters to abandon the five-term incumbent.

Platner cited the PAC’s attacks as evidence that his campaign had gained enough momentum to be scrutinized.

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Maine Democratic Senatorial candidate Graham Platner is facing renewed criticism over his deleted Reddit history. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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“A Republican super PAC called ‘Pine Tree Results,’ funded by twelve billionaires, purchased $2 million worth of attack ads against our campaign. This is all out-of-state money. Not a single dollar is coming from Maine,” Platner said. in a post on Instagram last month.

If they win next month’s primary, Collins and Platner will face each other in the state general election on Nov. 3.