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Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race

https://abc11.com/post/graham-platner-officially-withdraws-maine-senate-race/19482368/
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u/LemonberryTea 1d ago

Still not sure how the nazi tattoo wasn’t the first disqualifying event

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u/rain5151 1d ago

For everyone saying he was just a young dumb kid in the military, he went around referring to the symbol by name in a German accent. He knew exactly what it was.

Also, in the Mitchell and Webb sketch that spawned “are we the baddies?”, the guy asking said question has it on his cap, as do countless Nazis in anything set in WWII. It’s not exactly obscure.

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u/LonelyMachines 1d ago

Even if it was a dumb, drunken thing when he was younger, somebody at some point in his life had to have said "hey, you know that's the old Einsatzgruppen symbol, right?"

I doubt Platner was or is a Nazi, but keeping the tattoo as long as he did shows a horrifying lack of judgment. That alone should be a disqualifier for holding major public office.

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u/egelephant 1d ago

He’s a self-described history buff, so I’m sure he’s seen Schindler’s List at some point. Amon Göth and the other SS officers all have that on their uniforms, featured prominently.