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Graham Platner, a 41-year-old Marine veteran and Democratic US Senate hopeful in Maine, apologized and says he has covered a chest tattoo that resembled a Nazi Totenkopf after backlash to a wedding video where it was visible. He said he chose the skull-and-crossbones in 2007 while drinking with fellow Marines in Croatia and learned its meaning later. His former political director resigned, calling the tattoo antisemitic, as old Reddit posts resurfaced, including remarks downplaying sexual assault in the military and calling himself a communist. Platner apologized for those comments, citing depression after war. Senator Bernie Sanders defended him.

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