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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner covered a chest tattoo resembling a Nazi SS symbol after wearing it for 20 years.

Platner got the skull and crossbones in 2007 while in the Marines on leave in Croatia, unaware of Nazi connotations.

The tattoo controversy follows offensive Reddit posts, with some Democrats calling for him to exit the race against Susan Collins.

PORTLAND, Maine — His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.

The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he w

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