Democrat Graham Platner Marched with Somali Activist Tied to Nonprofit Accused of Fraud To Show ‘Solidarity’ With Minnesota’s Scandal-Plagued Somali Community

By Chuck Ross

Controversial Senate candidate Graham Platner (D., Maine), hoisting a “Solidarity” sign and protest fist, marched with Maine Somalis last month to show support for Minnesota’s Somali community, which has been implicated in a staggering fraud scandal. Ironically, one of Platner’s comrades at the event, Safiya Khalid, served as a top official at a Maine nonprofit under investigation for defrauding the state out of millions of dollars in health care payments.

Platner, who is running in a hotly contested primary race for the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R.), was the marquee headliner of a Dec. 13 event in Lewiston organized by Khalid, 30, a headscarf-wearing, Somali-born former leader at Gateway Community Services Maine. Platner—a self-described communist who once sported a neo-Nazi tattoo and is under fire for offensive online comments he made about black and gay people—marched alongside Khalid and spoke at a rally of Somali-American residents, labor leaders, and political activists.

“Safiya, thank you. All of us would not be here without your organizing skills,” said Platner. “We are in your debt.”

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