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Bernie Sanders downplays Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo: ‘There might be one or two more important issues’

JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner's revelation of an old Nazi-inspired tattoo, Bernie Sanders, Vermont's Jewish senator, remains supportive, emphasizing more pressing political issues. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Progressive PoliticsControversyBernie SandersEndorsementChuck SchumerAnti FascismGraham PlatnerNazi TattooMaine SenateJanet Mills

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Maine, United States
"Graham Platner, the progressive Senate hopeful running in Maines Democratic primary, revealed this week that he had had a Nazi-inspired tattoo on his chest for nearly two decades, several of his allies on the left cut him loose."
Vermont, United States
"One who hasnt: Vermonts Jewish senator, Bernie Sanders."
Croatia
"He said he paid for it in 2007 while inebriated with fellow Marines in Croatia, and claimed he hadnt known it was affiliated with Nazis (though subsequent reporting has suggested he knew it was a Totenkopf)."
Ogunquit, Maine, United States
"At a rally Wednesday evening in Ogunquit, he again said he hadnt known the meaning behind his tattoo."

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