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Graham Platner says ‘I am not a secret Nazi’ after photos of his tattoo emerge
Jewish Insider ^ | 10 21 2025 | Matthew Kassel

Posted on 10/22/2025 6:26:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Graham Platner, a far-left Democratic candidate running for Senate in Maine who has captured the enthusiasm of the party’s grassroots base, sought to preempt rumors circulating in recent weeks that a black skull-and-cross bones tattoo on his chest is a Nazi symbol.

Speaking with Tommy Vietor on the “Pod Save America” political podcast, released on Monday night, Platner, 41, confirmed the existence of the tattoo, seen in video he shared displaying his bare chest, but suggested that his opponents in the race have been spreading claims that the symbol is affiliated with Nazism, which he forcefully denied.

“I am not a secret Nazi. Actually, if you read through my Reddit comments, I think you can pretty much figure out where I stand on Nazism and antisemitism and racism in general,” said Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer in Maine who has faced scrutiny over past online posts. “I would say a lifelong opponent.”

But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a Totenkopf, the “death’s head” symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: democrat; grahamplatner; homo; nazi; platner; searchworks; tattoo
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1 posted on 10/22/2025 6:26:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

I did Nazi this coming from a Democrat terrorist.


2 posted on 10/22/2025 6:27:26 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: yesthatjallen

He is now to only be referred to as Graham “Maine Kampf” Platner.


3 posted on 10/22/2025 6:33:21 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: yesthatjallen

True. Not a secret. It’s all over the media now.


4 posted on 10/22/2025 6:34:47 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: yesthatjallen

He’s NOT a Nazi — he’s a PIRATE!


5 posted on 10/22/2025 6:34:52 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: yesthatjallen

No I’m not a secret Nazi, but Hitler did a great job on the Autobahn and kept the trains running on time. Just sayin . . . . .


6 posted on 10/22/2025 6:36:24 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: yesthatjallen

It doesn’t matter. As a left wing democrat he can count on getting most of the Jewish vote even if he campaigned in a full SS uniform. Maybe he should move to south Florida or New York city. That’s where most of the Jews for Hitler seem to live.


7 posted on 10/22/2025 6:37:52 AM PDT by PAR35 (I)
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To: yesthatjallen

The Nazis took far left liberalism to the furthest extreme, they killed off all the political enemies aka the night of the long knives, they marginalized and then attacked Jews in the Kristallnacht and finally thru the concentration camps attempted to kill off all the marginalized people.

Think about the far left today, they are attempting to kill of their opposition, assassination attempts on multiple Republican Politicians, succeeded in killing Charlie Kirk, during Covid many on the left advocated rounding up and putting vax skeptics into camps, I have no doubt that many on the left would gladly put conservatives into camps right now.

The modern left has taken the Nazi ideology, modernized it and is attempting to implement it today.

It should come as no surprise that a far left liberal in Maine running for public office would tattoo the Nazi SS Death’s Head symbol on his chest.


8 posted on 10/22/2025 6:38:37 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: yesthatjallen

Let’s see a pic of it!


9 posted on 10/22/2025 6:48:21 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: FreedomPoster

Sorry, but that’s a death’s head symbol used by the ss. And prior to that the imperial death’s head hussars used it.


10 posted on 10/22/2025 6:51:33 AM PDT by usafretired
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To: yesthatjallen
He is lying about being drunk in Croatia and not knowing what tattoo they were giving him. He had only 2 tattoos on his chest in that photo, not several or dozens, as one would expect from such a person. He knew damn well what it was, and chose it. And also his behavior in the video, fairly recent, seems to indicate he may still have a serious drinking problem.


11 posted on 10/22/2025 6:56:09 AM PDT by montag813
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To: yesthatjallen
I am not a Nazi. I am a Super Nazi!


12 posted on 10/22/2025 6:56:43 AM PDT by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: PAR35
Maybe he should move to south Florida or New York city. That’s where most of the Jews for Hitler seem to live.

Nope. The Jews in Florida now are majority Orthodox ex-pats from the DeBlasio COVID terror he inflicted on religious Jews in Brooklyn. They vote in people like Anna Paulina Luna from Sarasota, where there is a yuge number of religious Jews. She got 85% of their vote in 2024.

13 posted on 10/22/2025 6:59:45 AM PDT by montag813
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To: yesthatjallen

“I’m not a Nazi, I’m a Commie!”


14 posted on 10/22/2025 7:01:29 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: usafretired
usafretired posted: skull and crossbones----"that’s a death’s head symbol used by the ss.
And prior to that, the imperial death’s head hussars used it."

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Thx for the history lesson.

15 posted on 10/22/2025 7:02:10 AM PDT by Liz (To make a conservative mad, lie to him. To make a leftist mad, tell him the truth.)
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srmanuel posted: "the far left today, they are attempting to kill of their opposition, assassination attempts on Trump and multiple Republican Politicians; succeeded in killing Charlie Kirk,

during Covid many on the left advocated rounding up and putting vax skeptics into camps, I have no doubt that many on the left would gladly put conservatives into camps right now.

The modern left has taken the Nazi ideology, modernized it and is attempting to implement it today. It should come as no surprise that a far left Democrat liberal in Maine running for public office would tattoo the Nazi SS Death’s Head symbol on his chest.

16 posted on 10/22/2025 7:05:33 AM PDT by Liz (To make a conservative mad, lie to him. To make a leftist mad, tell him the truth.)
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To: PTBAA

He’s a totalitarian either way.


17 posted on 10/22/2025 7:06:48 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: yesthatjallen

If one reads that article, clicks the hyperlinks and reads those too, they will come to acknowledge this man is a true anti-American anti-Christian anti-Semitic Marxist.


18 posted on 10/22/2025 7:19:41 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: yesthatjallen

He probably shouldn’t have titled his autobiography “Maine Kampf”.


19 posted on 10/22/2025 7:26:40 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: PTBAA

The only difference is if you are a national or international commie.


20 posted on 10/22/2025 7:27:47 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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