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Graham Platner says he's covered up tattoo resembling Nazi symbol
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The Maine Senate candidate talked about the tattoo, which resembles the "Totenkopf" skull and crossbones, on a podcast, saying: "I am not a secret Nazi."
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The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate told a podcast he got the skull-and-crossbones tattoo in 2007 after getting "very inebriated" with fellow Marines in Croatia, saying he is no "secret Nazi."
Graham Platner, a Marine vet running for a Senate seat in Maine, said he was "very inebriated" when he got a tattoo linked to Nazism while on leave nearly 20 years ago — and insists he's "not a secret Nazi."
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has revealed in a podcast that he was tattooed years ago with an image widely recognized as Nazi symbol. He dismissed the connotation and chalked
The Maine Senate candidate talked about the tattoo, which resembles the "Totenkopf" skull and crossbones, on a podcast, saying: "I am not a secret Nazi."
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) is refusing to drop his endorsement of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner even after reports broke that Platner has a Nazi-linked tattoo on his chest.
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely...
Graham Platner, in an Associated Press interview, said that while his campaign initially said he would remove the tattoo, he chose to cover it up with another tattoo due to the limited options where he lives in rural Maine.
Platner said that while his campaign initially said he would remove the tattoo, he chose to cover it up with another tattoo due to the limited options where he lives in rural Maine.
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine, said he has covered a chest tattoo after learning it was widely recognized as a Nazi symbol
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner covered up a tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, a spokesperson for Platner’s campaign confirmed to NBC News
Graham Platner (D.), the Bernie Sanders-endorsed Senate candidate in Maine, revealed that he has a Nazi-linked tattoo on his chest but claimed to be unaware of its symbolism. Associates of Platner refuted that claim, with one calling him a history buff who "knows damn well" the meaning of the tattoo…
