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Democrat congressman slams Graham Platner's Nazi-linked tattoo as 'disqualifying' | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV Skip to content Home Weather Local News National Sports ABOUT WSFX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings WHAT’S ON FOX CONTACT WELCOME HOME MEDICALLY SPEAKING PAWS FOR THE CAUSE HOME Local Weather Local Headlines National Headlines Sports Welcome Home Medically Speaking Paws For The Cause ABOUT FOX WILMINGTON WHAT’S ON FOX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings CONTESTS Home Weather Local News National Sports ABOUT WSFX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings WHAT’S ON FOX CONTACT HOME Local Weather Local Headlines National Headlines Sports Welcome Home Medically Speaking Paws For The Cause ABOUT FOX WILMINGTON WHAT’S ON FOX Meet Our Team Sales &
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Democrat congressman slams Graham Platner's Nazi-linked tattoo as 'disqualifying' | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV Skip to content Home Weather Local News National Sports ABOUT WSFX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings WHAT’S ON FOX CONTACT WELCOME HOME MEDICALLY SPEAKING PAWS FOR THE CAUSE HOME Local Weather Local Headlines National Headlines Sports Welcome Home Medically Speaking Paws For The Cause ABOUT FOX WILMINGTON WHAT’S ON FOX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings CONTESTS Home Weather Local News National Sports ABOUT WSFX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings WHAT’S ON FOX CONTACT HOME Local Weather Local Headlines National Headlines Sports Welcome Home Medically Speaking Paws For The Cause ABOUT FOX WILMINGTON WHAT’S ON FOX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings CONTESTS Democrat congressman slams Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo as ‘disqualifying’ National Headlines Democrat congressman slams Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo as ‘disqualifying’ May 26, 2026 Democrat congressman slams Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo as ‘disqualifying’ May 26, 2026 close Video Joey Jones calls out Dem candidate Platner for ‘hiding behind the Purple Hearts’ of fellow vets ‘The Big Weekend Show’ panelists criticized Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner for his controversial comment about a Purple Heart veteran. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass, delivered a sharp rebuke of Maine candidate Graham Platner, breaking with his party over the Senate hopeful’s Nazi-linked tattoo. “I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying,” Auchincloss told CNN on Monday. “I hope Maine voters agree with me.” “I think it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic Party is what wins us durable majorities throughout this country,” the Massachusetts lawmaker continued. Platner, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee in the battleground Senate race, has faced months of scrutiny over the controversial chest tattoo that he had for most of his adult life. Maine Democratic Sen. candidate Graham Platner first got the Nazi-linked tattoo while stationed in Croatia in 2007. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) DEMOCRATIC MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER CONFRONTED BY MS NOW HOST ABOUT TATTOO CONTROVERSY Platner, a former Army and Marine Corps veteran, got the tattoo in 2007 during a night of drinking while stationed in Croatia. The Senate hopeful had the tattoo covered up earlier this year amid fierce backlash over the Nazi-linked design and old Reddit posts in which he made offensive statements for nearly a decade. He has repeatedly claimed that he did not know the meaning of the tattoo resembling a Nazi “totenkopf,” a skull-and-crossbones design. But multiple reports have found that Platner kn
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