VILE: Maine Democrat Running for Senate Appears to Blame His Nazi Tattoo and Other Controversies on ‘Culture’ of the U.S. Military (VIDEO)

Graham Platner, the far left Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in Maine recently appeared on CBS News and appeared to blame his Nazi tattoo and other internet-related controversies on the culture of the United States Military.

Journalist Major Garrett, who amazingly used to work for FOX News, bends over backwards to try to help Platner through this segment, asking him nicely if there are things other than PTSD which might be to blame for his many controversial remarks on Reddit and other sites.

Even in their tweet about this story, CBS News says that Platner’s tattoo ‘resembled’ a Nazi symbol, which is incorrect:

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.”

This community note was added to their tweet:

His tattoo was not “resembling” a Nazi symbol. His tattoo *was* a Nazi symbol, specifically the second version of the SS-Totenkopf, used from 1934 to 1945 by German SS.

In the video below, Platner comments:

“When I left the military, I came out of a hyper-masculine, hyper-violent place,” he says. “I did four tours in the infantry. We have a crude sense of humor in the infantry. We certainly have a, I would say, narrow view of a lot of topics, and that colored my opinions and my beliefs.”

Watch the video below:

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

Twitter/X users did not hold back in their criticism of this.

I must have missed the day in basic training where they taught us to get Nazi tattoos and say women deserve to be raped. https://t.co/K2ithoM2xM

— Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) April 11, 2026

Hey jerk, in 27 years in the Army I never met a Nazi. You’re trash squared for trying to put your moral failings onto vets. https://t.co/ah7oPGTZVG

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 10, 2026

Democrat candidate with a Nazi SS tattoo explains why he got that tattoo—essentially, that the US military are ALL “narrow”minded, “hyper-violent” Nazis.

This is FALSE, and slanderous to our servicemen & women. https://t.co/RsdYHrtotI

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 11, 2026

"The US Military made me a Nazi" is quite the election strategy. https://t.co/ojEi9VMkRz

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 12, 2026

And of course, he probably won’t lose a single Democrat vote over this. Amazing.

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