Dem Senate candidate Graham Platner covered a Nazi-linked tattoo after backlash over old posts and apologized but refused to quit as rivals demand he drop out.

Platner, running for Senate in Maine, has changed the tattoo and called antisemitism “a long scourge on our society.”

Marine earned plaudits from some Democrats. Now his comments risk their chances of defeating incumbent Republican senator

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is downplaying outrage against Graham Platner, who he is backing in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, over Platner’s controversial posts on Reddit and

Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is refusing to drop his adamant support for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite revelations that the candidate’s chest tattoo appears to be connected to Nazi symbolism.

Maine senate hopeful Graham Platner’s campaign is facing an increasingly uphill battle as additional past comments by the candidate – who earned Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont’s endorsement – continue to surface.

Senate Democrats who were highly critical of Pete Hegseth’s tattoos with crusader symbolism are now keeping silent on progressive Senate candidate's Nazi-style chest tattoo.