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Senate hopeful Graham Platner under scrutiny for skull tattoo associated with Nazi SS

Platner says he didn't know about the Nazi affiliation when he got the tattoo as an 18-year-old rifleman in the Marines.

Bernie Sanders stands by embattled Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner

Platner faces backlash over old Reddit posts attacking Black people and assault survivors, and for a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol.

Graham Platner Tattoo Row Explained: All About the SS Totenkopf, Aka the Nazi 'Death's Head' Tattoo

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is under fire for a tattoo resembling the Nazi SS Totenkopf, which he says he got ...

Old Reddit Posts, Tattoos, and Age Concerns: Democrats’ Troubles Come Into Sharp Relief in Maine

She is seen as perhaps the most vulnerable Republican this cycle, and Democrats’ most viable pick-up opportunity. Yet she may ...

DNC chairman stands by Platner in Maine Senate race over ‘indefensible’ deleted posts

Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin said Sunday he believes in “second chances” regarding Maine Senate ...

Maine Democrat running to unseat Susan Collins to stay in race after discovery of Reddit postings

The national chair of the Democratic Party says online comments made by a Senate candidate in Maine in which the candidate ...

Bernie Sanders stands by Maine oysterman taking on Susan Collins despite ‘racist’ posts and ‘troubling’ tattoo

Marine earned plaudits from some Democrats. Now his comments risk their chances of defeating incumbent Republican senator ...

Maine Democratic Senate candidate says he regrets deleted Internet posts: 'Stupid stuff'

Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer who is running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in ...

‘I got older and became a communist’: Deleted posts show Maine Senate hopeful’s raw views on politics, war and police

Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer, now disavows posts he made years ago, saying they came from a time ...