Graham Platner Tattoo and Past Comments

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the United States in United States — Maine, has covered a tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol (Totenkopf). He claims he got the tattoo in 2007 while in the United States — United States Marine Corps in Croatia and was unaware of its Nazi associations until recently. This controversy follows the discovery of his now-deleted online statements from 2012, made after he left the United States, where he dismissed military sexual assaults, questioned Black patrons' gratuity habits, and criticized police officers and rural Americans. Graham Platner has apologized for these comments, attributing them to his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Despite calls to drop out, he has resisted, maintaining his progressive campaign against incumbent Susan Collins and primary rival Janet Mills. Senator Bernie Sanders has publicly supported Graham Platner.