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Nazi tattoo Dem blames Army, Marine Corps 'culture' for ink, nasty social media posts
Nazi Tattoo Dem Blames U.S. Army ‘Culture’ For Ink, Nasty Social Media Posts
Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine, faced backlash for his Nazi-symbol tattoo and several nasty social media posts — and during a recent interview, he attributed both on the “culture” that he was exposed to while serving in the United States military.Platner, who served both in the Marine Corps and the U.S. Army, got the tattoo covered up after the initial public outcry, appeared on “The Takeout with Major Garrett” — and he argued that the “hyper-masculine” culture in the infantry had “colored” his perspective in the past.WATCH:In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says “much of it was because of the culture I had come out of.”“When I left the military, I came out of a… pic.twitter.com/C069CLxuDb— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 10, 2026“Graham, there have been a lot of things said about you. Things that you have written on Reddit, a tattoo you had and a controversy around that, and I want to ask you this, because I don’t...
