PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.
The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened during a night of drinking while he was on leave in Croatia, he said, adding he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police.
I have a lot more respect for someone that does something wrong and then admits and fixes it than someone who does something wrong and then does nothing but deny and deflect.
Same here. He was very public about his mistake. I would have been tempted to hide in shame. He came forward to show us how to be responsible even when you’re in the wrong
And to me the whole story makes sense. I didn’t realize his tattoo was a Nazi tat. He got it in Croatia (I think) while he was on a MEU, just a dumb Marine who presumably saw a picture and was like “That looks neat,” in the same way I said “That looks neat” when someone linked the Wikipedia to the Nazi unit. The Nazis really had a monopoly on cool symbols, it really sucks.
His platform isn’t good…
Nazi war criminal who loved murdering brown people so much he did it privately after three military tours weren’t enough for his bloodlust is now running as a woke liberal on a platform of paying soldiers more for murdering brown people.
Pressing issues for liberals right there.
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