Maine's embattled Democrat Governor Janet Mills is pulling out all the stops in what appears to be a increasingly desperate Senate campaign, launching attack ads based on social media posts her Republican challenger Graham Platner made over a decade ago.
The Mills campaign released a 30-second hit piece Tuesday dredging up old Reddit comments from more than 10 years past, marking a sharp escalation in what many political observers see as panic mode for the longtime Democrat incumbent.
Platner didn't back down from the establishment attack machine, firing back against what he called "the politics of personal destruction" that Democrats always resort to when they can't defend their failed record.
Classic Democrat Playbook: Attack the Man, Ignore the Issues
While Mills scrambles to dig up ancient internet posts, Platner has been focused on the issues that actually matter to Maine families – the border crisis that's bringing drugs and crime to rural communities, the inflation that's crushing working families, and the energy policies that are destroying Maine's traditional industries.
"This is exactly what we've come to expect from career politicians like Janet Mills," Platner said in response to the attack ad. "When they can't defend their record of failure, they resort to personal attacks and decade-old social media posts. Maine families deserve better than this kind of gutter politics."
The timing of Mills' attack ad raises serious questions about her campaign's internal polling. Sources close to the race suggest the Democrat establishment is seeing numbers that have them deeply concerned about holding onto this seat in the Trump wave that's building across New England.
Maine Patriots See Through the Smoke Screen
Maine voters have watched Mills rubber-stamp the failed Biden agenda for years – supporting the policies that opened our borders, destroyed American energy independence, and left families struggling to afford basic necessities. Now she wants to talk about old social media posts instead of her record?
Patriots across Maine are asking the real questions: Why is Mills running from her voting record? Why won't she defend the policies she's supported? And why is she spending campaign dollars on opposition research instead of addressing the crisis she helped create?
The answer seems clear – because she knows Maine families are ready for change, and desperate politicians do desperate things.