PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.

The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened during a night of drinking while he was on leave in Croatia, he said, adding he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Definitely I am responding to the right person.

It's not really for you. It's for the people who read your comment and then had the same reaction I did. Apparently there are quite a few of them.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    My statement was in regard to PBS not including a photo of the thing the story is about.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Was it, though? Was it?

    This sounds more like he has been aware of what the tattoo represented and he hasn’t really cared about it until now. Which I personally find much more believable. Good on him for getting it covered up but, ehhh. Maybe don’t believe every word a politician exhales.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes. It was. But you go ahead and cherry-pick the content that fits your narrative. I'm just trying to tell you you're wasting your time responding to me.

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