What Graham Platner has said about Iraq War

1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 1, 2026

Graham Platner, Presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, has been quoted on Iraq War once in 1 episode of Up First from NPR, most recently on June 1, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Platner argues that the roughly $8 trillion spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars achieved nothing.
“We spent, it looks like in the end, it's going to be somewhere around $8 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for nothing”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 39:12

Episodes

Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers
Up First from NPR · Jun 1, 2026 · 48 min
Leila Fadel interviews Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner about his working-class politics, past controversies, masculinity, the Iran war, Pete Hegseth, and beating Susan Collins.

Others on Iraq War

Pete Blaber · 4 quotes
Shawn Ryan · 2 quotes
Scott Horton · 2 quotes
Joe Rogan · 1 quote
Joe Kent · 1 quote

Graham Platner on other topics

United States war with Iran · 3 quotes
2026 United States Senate election in Maine · 3 quotes
United States Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 quotes
Graham Platner Reddit posts and tattoo controversy · 2 quotes
Wealth tax · 2 quotes
Democratic Party (United States) · 2 quotes
Campaign finance in the United States · 1 quote
Masculinity · 1 quote