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“Progressive populist” Graham Platner has Nazi totenkopf tattoo

Rob Beschizza
Oct 21, 2025
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Graham Platner is a rising star in the Democratic Party, running for one of Maine’s two seats in the U.S. Senate on a sharply “populist” progressive platform. A few days ago, we learned of old Reddit comments that required explanation: he asked why black people don’t tip, said rural White Americans are stupid racists, and declared himself a communist. I…

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