The Democrats' Graham Platner Problem

[citygator]

Maybe not a the best idea when you're running to represent an almost exclusively rural state.

Maybe they will give him credit for honesty? Seems like he might not be the best of the 10 candidates running.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Maybe they will give him credit for honesty?

By all means, stake the Senate majority on that.

 

[1srelluc]

You made is sound like he had a swastika on his chest. This is what it is:

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Platner has said that he got the ink in 2007 during a drunken night out in Croatia with a few fellow machine gunners, and that he picked the image at random from options displayed on the wall of the tattoo parlor. Why did he choose it? “Skull and crossbones motifs are popular amongst military units,” Platner told Vanity Fair over the phone this morning. “They’re still popular today amongst military units around the world. I have seen a similar skull and crossbones on French Foreign Legion guys that I served next to in Afghanistan. I’ve seen a very similar one on unit T-shirts from other American military units. I’ve always viewed it as a skull and crossbones tied to combat units.”

In conversation, Platner swore that he didn’t know the tattoo’s connotations until very recently; when asked whether he would have removed it if he’d been aware previously, he said that he had already covered it up.

3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf - Wikipedia

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[citygator]

3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf - Wikipedia

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Yea. I see. But I can see someone doing that accidently. I can also see someone saying it was an accident when it was just an attempt to be sly about white nationalism too. I dont know anything about this guy so I have no idea.

 

[1srelluc]

Maybe had he chosen the Finnish Winter/Continuation War skull and bones.

 

[1srelluc]

Yea. I see. But I can see someone doing that accidently. I can also see someone saying it was an accident when it was just an attempt to be sly about white nationalism too. I dont know anything about this guy so I have no idea.

LOL....Nah, nobody puts a SS Tokenkopf deathshead on their body unless they have 88er leanings.

I'll put it to you this way....If I got that guy as a convict in on intake and saw that tat I would assume gang membership and I would take a pic of it and he would get a interview and a fine tooth comb review of his activity before his custody status was established.

 

[Zincwarrior]

What’s an 88er? AA gun?

LOL....Nah, nobody puts a SS Tokenkopf deathshead on their body unless they have 88er leanings.

What does 88er mean?

 

[1srelluc]

What does 88er mean?

The "88" stands for "HH" or "Heil Hitler", "H" being the 8th letter of the alphabet.

White power skinhead - Wikipedia

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[Dr. Phosphorous]

The hypocrisy is steep across the board.

Comparing a walnut to a watermelon is not hypocrisy.

This guy expresses regret for things he has said in the past.

Has the colossal asshole Trump or the vast majority of MAGA assholes ever expressed regret about anything??

No, they have not.

 

[Moonglow]

Graham Platner is a running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Maine against Republican incumbent Susan Collins. He's recently been dogged with revelations of incredibly offensive Reddit posts he's made over the years, some more recent. His comments include calling rural people dumb and racist, anti-police rhetoric, and blaming rape victims and military veterans suffering from PTSD as putting themselves in those situations in the first place. He's also proclaimed himself a Communist and drug user.

One would expect he'd have been immediately disavowed by the Democratic Party, but instead, they've mainly gone on an apology tour for him because he made a four minute video claiming he's changed and those views no longer represent him. We know, of course, were he a Republican the knives would be out and no amount of contrition would ever be acceptable. Now, to make matters worse, it's been discovered he has a tattoo on his chest widely associated with NAZI sympathizers. Congressman Ro Khanna is still defending him and is blaming the Democratic Party on this opposition research dump to clear the path for Maine Governor Janet Mills instead.

Sounds like a MAGAT man to me.

 

[citygator]

LOL....Nah, nobody puts a SS Tokenkopf deathshead on their body unless they have 88er leanings.

I'll put it to you this way....If I got that guy as a convict in on intake and saw that tat I would assume gang membership and I would take a pic of it and he would get a interview and a fine tooth comb review of his activity before his custody status was established.

Interesting. Like I said above. He seems like a pretty flawed candidate of the 10 that have announced. Probably a right wing PsyOp false flag operation.

 

[citygator]

The "88" stands for "HH" or "Heil Hitler", "H" being the 8th letter of the alphabet.

White power skinhead - Wikipedia

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Boy do you know a lot about nazis.

lol

 

[marvin martian]

You made is sound like he had a swastika on his chest. This is what it is:

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Platner has said that he got the ink in 2007 during a drunken night out in Croatia with a few fellow machine gunners, and that he picked the image at random from options displayed on the wall of the tattoo parlor. Why did he choose it? “Skull and crossbones motifs are popular amongst military units,” Platner told Vanity Fair over the phone this morning. “They’re still popular today amongst military units around the world. I have seen a similar skull and crossbones on French Foreign Legion guys that I served next to in Afghanistan. I’ve seen a very similar one on unit T-shirts from other American military units. I’ve always viewed it as a skull and crossbones tied to combat units.”

In conversation, Platner swore that he didn’t know the tattoo’s connotations until very recently; when asked whether he would have removed it if he’d been aware previously, he said that he had already covered it up.

Yup, Nazi SS logo. Specifically, the unit that worked in the death camps.

He knew.

There are very few tattoo shops that will ink Nazi shit like that, you have to go looking for them. And he did.

And now, 20 years later, it's still there.

You're an absolute moron.

 

[citygator]

Yup, Nazi SS logo. Specifically, the unit that worked in the death camps.

He knew.

There are very few tattoo shops that will ink Nazi shit like that, you have to go looking for them. And he did.

And now, 20 years later, it's still there.

You're an absolute moron.

Shut up idiot. I offered two possibilities: 1. He was a drunk moron 2. He is a racist pretending he was a drunk moron. I was unaware of the meaning of this tattoo but your comment about tattoo shops telling him makes sense to me - although he did get it overseas. He looks like a MAGA plant to me.

 

[1srelluc]

Boy do you know a lot about nazis.


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lol

Training.

 

[1srelluc]

Interesting. Like I said above. He seems like a pretty flawed candidate of the 10 that have announced. Probably a right wing PsyOp false flag operation.

Nice try but you vile people can't lie your way out of this one. Enjoy what is coming as deserves has everything to do with it.

 

[citygator]

Nice try but you vile people can't lie your way out of this one. Enjoy what is coming as deserves has everything to do with it.

What is the lie dipshit?

 

[1srelluc]

What is the lie dipshit?

That he's some sort of plant....Given the vile dem's hatred of Jews and their love of the criminal element I'm not surprised a bit.

 

[citygator]

That he's some sort of plant....Given the vile dem's hatred of Jews and their love of the criminal element I'm not surprised a bit.

80% of Jews vote Dem. By the way:

Thread 'Trump nominee says he has a 'Nazi streak,' bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts'

Oct 20, 2025

‘Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a text chat viewed by POLITICO.

Ingrassia, who has a Senate confirmation hearing scheduled Thursday, made the remarks in a chain with a half-dozen Republican operatives and influencers, according to the chat.

“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh...

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[1srelluc]

80% of Jews vote Dem. By the way:

Thread 'Trump nominee says he has a 'Nazi streak,' bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts'

Oct 20, 2025

‘Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a text chat viewed by POLITICO.

Ingrassia, who has a Senate confirmation hearing scheduled Thursday, made the remarks in a chain with a half-dozen Republican operatives and influencers, according to the chat.

“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh...

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Meh, he should withdraw.

Unlike you vile people we don't put up with that type of thing.

Look at that J. Jones guy running for AG here in Virginia....The vile dems won't force him out.