Graham Platner Is a Rorschach Test

By Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer; Mr. Stephens is an Opinion columnist.

Bret Stephens: Graham Platner, Frank. Really?

Frank Bruni: I see you’ve taken the bait.

Bret: In all the years that I’ve been your admiring (if not always agreeing) reader, I’ve never disagreed more with one of your columns. Democrats should not be in the business of creating monsters for the sake of slaying monsters. And Platner — the Nazi-themed-tattoo-wearing and Israel-despising presumptive Democratic nominee in the race for the Maine Senate seat held by the Republican incumbent, Susan Collins — represents everything the Democrats should not be.

Frank: As I wrote in that column, Platner gives me great, great pause. I wish he weren’t the presumptive nominee, for a........

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