Senate Candidate Responds To Controversy Over Tattoo
Well, well, well… looks like the “party of tolerance” has once again tripped over its own moral high ground — and landed face-first into a Nazi tattoo scandal. Yes, you read that right. The Democrats have managed to…
Well, well, well… looks like the “party of tolerance” has once again tripped over its own moral high ground — and landed face-first into a Nazi tattoo scandal. Yes, you read that right. The Democrats have managed to pick a Senate candidate who makes “unelectable” sound like a compliment.
Meet Graham Platner. Bernie Sanders’ handpicked golden boy for the Maine Senate race. A man so far left he makes Elizabeth Warren look like a moderate suburban dad. Platner isn’t just a Democrat — he’s a self-proclaimed communist, a Reddit-ranting radical, and now, thanks to a conveniently-timed shirtless video, the proud owner of what appears to be an actual Nazi tattoo.
No, this isn’t satire. You’re not in some alternative timeline where The Onion runs the DNC.
Let’s break this down. This guy releases a video to “get ahead” of opposition research. Bold move. Except the video? It’s him, drunk, shirtless, proudly displaying a skull tattoo on his chest that just so happens to resemble the Totenkopf — you know, the one the SS wore while guarding Nazi concentration camps. Whoops.
But don’t worry, folks. He’s “not a secret Nazi.” We know this because he went on Pod Save America and said so, which obviously settles everything. Because nothing screams accountability like a politician explaining their Nazi ink to a group of Obama bros and former campaign interns now moonlighting as podcast hosts.
Still, things got worse fast.
Turns out, a former acquaintance remembers Platner proudly pointing out the tattoo years ago in a D.C. dive bar, calling it his “Totenkopf” — in a “cutesy little way.” His ex-political director quit in disgust, calling it “antisemitic.” Oh, and then there’s the Reddit stuff. Because of course there’s Reddit stuff. Platner posted rants attacking Black people, calling cops “bastards,” brushing off sexual assault in the military, and defending another Nazi-tattooed guy who impersonated a federal officer at a BLM protest. You almost have to admire the consistency — he’s offensive in every category.