Graham Platner will remove SS tattoo after public criticism

No he didn't.

A popular geezer like Mills with a proven track record at winning statewide races in Maine is better than a person that had to get a Nazi tattoo covered up, especially someone that allegedly bragged about it previously.

Is it possible that it was an honest mistake. Maybe, there are sadly loads of Croat nazis, but even still having such a tattoo and having people willing to state that he knew what it was is a fullblown disqualifier in a party that has standards.

no you're right, he described himself as a 'transition president', which was obviously bullshit political speak.

I believe getting it was a mistake. I don't think he is a Nazi.

But he clearly thinks it's some silly little joke thing to keep on his body

Sure, I could give the benefit of the doubt, but the seat is way too important to have a candidate with that kind of baggage.

Good thing it was realized early and everyone can move on. No need to stay with the dude.

Why the FUCK is Hasan defending this guy?

I believe getting it was a mistake. I don't think he is a Nazi.

But he clearly thinks it's some silly little joke thing to keep on his body

Don't ever give the benefit of the doubt to people with Nazi tattoos

Can we get a list of Republicans that aren't Nazis/Nazi adjacent?

It's probably a much shorter list.

Ugggggghhhhh. Now we're gonna be stuck with someone ancient. But I think this proves at absolute best that he's too stupid, oblivious, and glib for the job.

I have a hunch you that won't be getting a response.

I have a hunch you that won't be getting a response.

I have a hunch you that won't be getting a response.

The problem with this is whoever is slow dropping these should have led with this rather than the stupid "he said he's a communist and called rural white Americans stupid racists". Trying to make rather inconsequential tweets into a big deal is just going to set the notion of a political hit job and make people not care as much as they should about the rest. This and the rape victims should have been the lead from the start.

It's not a Swastika, it's the Totenkopf symbol.

Yeah, there is.

is that the "are we the baddies?" skull?

I have the feeling that the first stuff was leading with that to give him a chance to drop out.

Yeah and that's a colossal mistake in this day and age. Narratives matter more than facts, and I'm not saying Dems need to lie, but they need to get smarter about presenting truths and not give any openings for defense.

It is literally incredible that he could have had the tattoo this long without ever knowing what it was.

Zach, he knew this was coming. Platner was the one who dropped the Nazi tattoo thing to get ahead of the story with the Obama Podcast Bros.

The only person to blame for this is Graham Platner

How does bernie defend this guy

Rural white people are stupid and racist was bad enough. Survivable but bad.

bad Reddit posts were survivable but that was a warning because Platner could have left with dignity even before they. He doubled down

I believe getting it was a mistake. I don't think he is a Nazi.

But he clearly thinks it's some silly little joke thing to keep on his body

I don't know about you, but if I got a tattoo and found out later that it was a Nazi symbol, I wouldn't keep it on my body as a joke, that fucker would be getting removed one way or another pronto.

But if it's all accurate that he was a history buff and knew what the damn thing was called even, best case scenario is he was trying to be an edgy dipshit and not caring that he was essentially repping something that normally only actual Neo Nazis would have.

okay but this guy is a democrat

what i'm saying is that he described it in a mocking way going by that one quote.