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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maine Senate candidate covers up tattoo resembling Nazi symbol after blaming it on ‘drunk night out’

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for US Senate in Maine, says he got a tattoo on his chest covered after backlash over the image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.

Platner said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007 during a night of drinking when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. He was on leave in Croatia and said he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police.

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