US EditionPlatner Addresses ‘Hidden Nazi Tattoo’ Claims
Platner says he and fellow Marines chose a skull tattoo in 2006 unaware of its Nazi ties; the Anti-Defamation League calls the symbol a hate emblem linked to war crimes.
- On Monday, Graham Platner, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Maine, disclosed a right pectoral tattoo in a shirtless wedding video on Pod Save America to preempt opposition research.
- Platner said he got the tattoo while on short-term leave in Croatia during his third Marine deployment and was very inebriated when choosing the skull-and-crossbones, unaware of its Nazi links until his Senate run.
- Jewish groups and the Anti-Defamation League noted the tattoo appears to resemble the Totenkopf, linked to Nazi SS units including the 3rd SS Totenkopf Panzer Division and called it troubling.
- His campaign faced immediate fallout after former state representative Genevieve McDonald resigned Friday, while unearthed posts surfaced last week as Gov. Janet Mills entered the race.
- Platner has apologized, saying past posts stemmed from untreated PTSD and depression, but critics doubt his claimed ignorance of the tattoo’s meaning and his campaign left removal plans unclear.
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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner tells AP he got a new tattoo to cover one seen as a Nazi symbol
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner tells AP he got a new tattoo to cover one seen as a Nazi symbol.
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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner vowed this week to remove a tattoo that has been linked to Nazis. Graham said he got the body art nearly two decades ago and was unaware at the time of any association the symbol had with Nazis or other white supremacist groups. Platner’s response During an appearance on “Pod Save America” Monday, Platner addressed footage of him dancing shirtless, revealing the tattoo resembling a Nazi skull and…
Maine oyster farmer running for Senate in Maine tries to explain Marine tattoo that appears to be a Nazi SS 'Totenkopf' symbol
Graham Platner said he chose “a terrifying looking skull and crossbones" because "you know, skulls and crossbones are a pretty standard military thing."
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