Top House Democrat says there's 'no way' Platner didn't know tattoo's Nazi origins
A senior House Democrat is joining the growing chorus of critics questioning Senate candidate Graham Platner’s claim that he was unaware of his tattoo’s Nazi origins."There's no way he didn't...
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A senior House Democrat is joining the growing chorus of critics questioning Senate candidate Graham Platner’s claim that he was unaware of his tattoo’s Nazi origins. "There's no way he didn't know what the tattoo was," Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., said Friday in remarks reported by Punchbowl News. "Own it and move on." "He's not willing to do that," Schneider, the chairman of House Democrats' largest caucus, lamented. Schneider’s comments make him one of the most high-profile Democrats to criticize the Maine Senate hopeful, who has also faced mounting scrutiny over sending sexually-explicit messages to other women while newly married, a decades-long history of offensive social media posts and alleged abuse in previous romantic relationships. DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN SLAMS GRAHAM PLATNER'S NAZI-LINKED TATTOO AS 'DISQUALIFYING' Platner, a far-left populist, is vying to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in one of the most hotly contested races of November’s midterm elections. He is Maine Democrats' presumptive nominee, though some party insiders have expressed doubts about the viability of his candidacy amid a string of scandals. Schneider’s public criticism came after The New York Times reported Thursday that several of Platner’s ex-girlfriends said the Senate hopeful knew about his tattoo’s Nazi-linked design. One of the women, Lyndsey Fifield, told The Times that Platner taught her the words behind the black skull-and-crossbones tattoo, referring to it as "my Totenkopf." "He would joke about it being a Nazi tattoo," Fifield said, adding that Platner said he chose the tattoo because of his belief that his unit shared similarities to the Nazi SS paramilitary forces. Platner vigorously denied Fifield's account during an interview with MS NOW's Chris Hayes on Thursday. But he struggled to answer when pressed about how Fifield sent a text to friends saying he had a Nazi-linked tattoo in August 2025, when he first publicly disclosed it two months later during an October p…