Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall in Lewiston, Maine, on October 15, 2025. Libby Kenny/Sun Journal/AP/File AP —

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for US Senate in Maine , said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.

Platner said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened during a night of drinking while he was on leave in Croatia, he said, adding he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police.

Platner, in an Associated Press interview, said that while his campaign initially said he would remove the tattoo, he chose to cover it up with another tattoo due to the limited option

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