Monday's Final Word
Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, faces scrutiny over a tattoo of the Nazi SS Totenkopf symbol, which he claimed was misunderstood or misrepresented. Reports indicate that Platner previously acknowledged the tattoo's Nazi association, contradicting his current stance. The controversy has sparked broader criticism of political double standards regarding extremist symbolism.
- ▪Graham Platner is a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine who has a tattoo of the Nazi SS Totenkopf symbol.
- ▪Multiple sources, including a former acquaintance and CNN, reported that Platner acknowledged the tattoo's Nazi meaning in past conversations.
- ▪Platner, a former Marine, argued online that SS lightning-bolt tattoos were part of Marine Scout Sniper culture, not white supremacist ideology.
- ▪The Washington Free Beacon reported on a Democratic donor who honored her grandfather for serving 'on the German side' in WWII, prompting a legal threat.
- ▪Critics argue that progressive figures who previously accused others of Nazi sympathies are now defending or downplaying actual Nazi symbolism.
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Monday's Final Word Ed Morrissey 10:00 PM | May 04, 2026 Screenshot via Pod Save America She said I'll show you how to tab in the mail room, honey, and have you home by five ...The jig is up on Graham Platner, the fraudulent antisemitic Jew hater, far-left Communist Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Maine. Platner's trail of lies, deceit, hate, bigotry and detestable history of being pro-Nazi, a homophobic rape apologist and a shady Washington DC… pic.twitter.com/FJBu8cN6W1— Saint James Hartline (@JamesHartline) May 3, 2026 Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); ...
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