‘He hated women’: Explosive abuse, new Nazi tattoo allegations from exes rock Platner's campaign

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Some of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s ex-girlfriends spoke out in a damning report Thursday, which chronicled new allegations of rape fantasies, heavy drinking and violent episodes. Platner continues to be under fire for a chest tattoo called the Totenkopf, used by Nazi death camp guards, alleged sexting of younger women and publicly finding humor in a Taliban attack that nearly killed former Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Teddy Daniels. One of his ex-girlfriends, Lyndsey Fifield, told the New York Times the two met in 2013 when he was a George Washington University student and she was with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with a growing presence in conservative circles. Fifield recounted how Platner would poke fun at his chest tattoo of a Totenkopf -- an emblem used by Nazi death camp guards. Fifield told the paper that Platner explained he and other members of his military unit chose it because of parallels between them and the Schutzstaffel -- in that "they were a death unit... killers," which appears to contradict his narrative that he did not know the tattoo was associated with the Nazi emblem. DEMOCRATIC MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER CONFRONTED BY MS NOW HOST ABOUT TATTOO CONTROVERSY She also recalled how the oyster farmer and veteran would sharpen an ax while watching television and ruminate about raping home invaders. "He said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them," but not in a sexual or "gay" way, Fifield said, adding that Platner stated he would want to instead impose dominance over them through penetration and that he believed rape was about power. She also described a public encounter where Platner purportedly pulled her out of a taxi by her wrist during an altercation. LEFT-WING DEM SENATE HOPEFUL CHEERED ON ANTIFA VIOLENCE IN UNEARTHED RANT: ‘KILL A MOTHERF---ER’ Platner, who has acknowledged his battle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from his time in the military, told Fox News Dig…