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Maine Senate candidate comes under fire for Nazi-style tattoo

JL;DR SUMMARY Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, a Marine veteran and Democrat, is embroiled in controversy over a tattoo on his chest that has been identified as resembling a Nazi symbol. 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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Maine, United States
"A Democrat running for the Senate in Maine is facing backlash after acknowledging that a black skull-and-crossbones tattoo on his chest resembles a Nazi symbol."
Croatia
"Platner said he got the tattoo in 2007 while stationed in Croatia with fellow Marines."
Washington DC, United States
"That acquaintance said Platner used the term during a 2012 conversation at a Capitol Hill bar where he then worked and socialized."
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
"who impersonated a federal officer at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas in 2020."
Kabul, Afghanistan
"He later returned to Kabul for six months as a State Department security contractor with Constellis."
Palestinian Territories
"The candidate is also a strident critic of Israel. There is a genocide happening in Palestine, he wrote on X in August."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, Platner wrote that the war in Gaza was the moral test of our time and said he is committed to ending this U.S.-funded genocide in Palestine."

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