{"id":191017,"date":"2025-10-23T15:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=191017"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:08:05","slug":"tattooed-in-croatia-member-of-the-u-s-democratic-party-under-fire-for-nazi-tattoo-on-his-chest-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/tattooed-in-croatia-member-of-the-u-s-democratic-party-under-fire-for-nazi-tattoo-on-his-chest-video\/","title":{"rendered":"TATTOOED IN CROATIA: Member of the U.S. Democratic Party under fire for Nazi tattoo on his chest! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>American Democrat from Maine, Graham Platner, got a Nazi skull and crossbones tattoo in Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham Platner, a 41-year-old Marine veteran and oyster farmer, said he only issued an apology after being \u201cwarned by journalists and Washington insiders,\u201d following the circulation of a video on social media showing the politician dancing in his underwear at his brother\u2019s wedding, which sparked outrage online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tattoo resembles the \u201cTotenkopf,\u201d the German term for \u201cdeath\u2019s head,\u201d a skull and crossbones symbol used by Nazi forces during World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI absolutely wouldn\u2019t live with this on my chest if I had known, and to suggest that I would is disgusting. I\u2019ve already covered the tattoo with a new design,\u201d Platner told the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We just sat down with Graham Platner to talk about his previous online comments, and the now-infamous tattoo. He gave us a first look at the cover-up tattoo he had done just last night, and spoke candidly about the controversies surrounding him now. That&#39;s tonight at 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WGME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WGME<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YIfV39D5Bd\">pic.twitter.com\/YIfV39D5Bd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WGME Photojournalist \ud83c\udfa5\ud83d\udce1 (@MENewsPhotog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MENewsPhotog\/status\/1981024306457972878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tattoo done in Croatia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Platner, who is running for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Susan Collins, said he got the tattoo in Croatia in 2007 with fellow Marines, claiming they picked the image off the wall of a tattoo parlor while drinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe chose a scary skull and crossbones from the wall because we were Marines, and skulls and crossbones are pretty standard military stuff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His campaign team emphasized that military doctors had examined his tattoos and never raised any issues, noting that the armed forces do not allow service members with hate symbols to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Platner had previously faced criticism after old Reddit posts resurfaced in which he downplayed the significance of sexual assault in the military and described himself as a communist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fPnFgpD54T\">pic.twitter.com\/fPnFgpD54T<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grahamformaine\/status\/1979312580490596829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Depression after the war<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democrat later issued an apology in a video, saying that he wrote the comments after returning from war while struggling with depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt very disappointed, alienated, and isolated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amidst all the furor around Platner\u2019s Totenkopf tat, it\u2019s kinda flying under the radar that the reason we know of it is bc of this humiliation ritual kompromat vid recorded in a Beltway bar that Graham used to work at that shows him singing \u201cWrecking Ball\u201d in his boxers \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7yky5vxgeu\">https:\/\/t.co\/7yky5vxgeu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gcd48v3L12\">pic.twitter.com\/Gcd48v3L12<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlonnyPin_Gosch\/status\/1980741045592662403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support from Bernie Sanders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Bernie Sanders, former U.S. presidential candidate, defended Platner, saying the tattoo was chosen while he was drunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not the only one in America who has gone through a dark period. People go through that. 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