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Deleted posts and an acquaintance's account are challenging Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s assertion that he only recently learned his chest tattoo had Nazi roots. A KFile probe found the Marine veteran, using a Reddit handle 'P-Hustle', in 2019–2020 threads defending SS-style 'bolts' and skull iconography as Marine culture. The acquaintance says he joked about the Totenkopf years ago; the campaign declined comment and disputes reports. Platner says he got the tattoo in 2007 while drinking in Croatia, has since covered it, and disavows earlier inflammatory Reddit remarks.

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