(The Hill) — Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Monday addressed claims he has a "hidden Nazi tattoo" on his chest based on a family video shared online.

"I am not a secret Nazi," Platner, a Democrat, told "Pod Save America's" Tommy Vietor, referencing since-deleted Reddit posts in which he described himself as a "communist" and called police officers "bastards." "I think you can pretty much figure out where I stand on Nazism and antisemitism and racism in general."

"I would say a lifelong opponent," he added.

The Senate Republicans' campaign arm on Tuesday accused Platner of donning a "Nazi tattoo." The tattoo resembles a Totenkopf, which is German for "death's head" and was a symbol adopted by Adolf Hitler's SS troops in Nazi Germany, according to the Anti-Defamation League's we

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