"In a video interview with Pod Save America that aired on Monday, Platner said he and fellow marines got matching tattoos at a parlor in Split, Croatia, in 2007 while deployed overseas. He said that he wanted to address the issues himself before opponents could weaponize them, saying there isn't anything worse or different than his problematic Reddit posts that have come back to bite his campaign in recent days, and insisting that he had no knowledge of the imagery's historical associations."
"When reached for comment, Platner said: I absolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest if I knew that the tattoo resembled a Nazi symbol. He said he was already planning to get this removed. The skull is in full view in video footage he shared with the media company, which shows him dancing in his underwear at his brother's wedding, lip-syncing Miley Cyrus's Wrecking Ball in a performance for his sister-in-law."
Graham Platner disclosed a skull-and-crossbones chest tattoo that resembles Nazi imagery and an embarrassing personal video. He said he and fellow marines got matching tattoos at a parlor in Split, Croatia, in 2007 while deployed overseas. He said he wanted to address the issues before opponents could weaponize them and noted resurfaced problematic Reddit posts. The tattoo resembles the Totenkopf or death's head symbol adopted by Hitler's SS and linked to the SS-Totenkopfverbande, the concentration-camp guard branch, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Platner said he would not have kept the tattoo if he had known and planned to remove it. The shared video shows him dancing in his underwear, lip-syncing Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball.' He described himself as a lifelong opponent of Nazism, antisemitism and racism.
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