US Senate candidate Graham Platner stumbled over Sen. Bernie Sanders' name twice during a speech at a rally in Portland, Maine, which was part of a "Fight the Oligarchy" rally. The gaffe came after a series of social media posts linked to Platner's burner Reddit account, where he called an American soldier who survived a line of fire to help his squadmates get to safety. The National Republican Senatorial Committee launched an AI-generated short mocking Platner, which depicted a man resembling Platner entering a porta-potty and a child leaving one of the adjacent toilets.