What do you think of Platner and will he bring new life into the democratic party or be a second Fetterman?
The nazi tattoo is like my biggest red flag and I can't tell if I've just because of B.J. Blazkowicz
He was in Blackwater and is a Nazi. And he did not apologize for his war crimes.
How the hell are people falling for this
So he's talked about gassing people in private chats? Has he said he loves Hitler?
Is there evidence of him using race or ethnicity as a bogeyman "other" to persecute and exile people?
Has he advocated for violence or extreme "solutions" to perceived problems in the country?
Frankly, nothing on his platform comes close to what is already happening in plain sight. Platner has stated he's anti-billionaire and that's clear enough a reason why all of this muck is getting raked. If you're going to do their work for them, I hope you're at least getting paid for it.
He did an interview on Pod Save America where he talks about the tattoo, and I think he did really well answering all the questions.
I don't need him to do well. I need him to do good.
I mean, gotta get elected for that.
I'd say cautiously optimistic, hadnt seen the tattoo stuff before but doesn't look too bad, on surface reading of articles I could believe he legit didn't realize it looked like a Nazi thing, especially having taken it though army screening.
Honestly if anything some of the reddit posts that were found make me like him more and believe he might be an actual progressive
The fact that there was oppo ready to go on him like that leads me to believe he's a progressive.
The party didn't try to ratfuck fetterman.
EDIT: Just looked into the tattoo thing. Ratfuckery or no, this doesn't look good.
I'm still unsure what his progressive ideas are though.
The Reddit posts were taken out of context. He was reiterating what another poster had said so he wasn't the one to bring it up initially.
After seeing the media blitz about the tattoo I decided to check out his website
https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform
while my platform spans many issues, I view most of my job as a US Senator as to do two things: one, to ban billionaires buying elections; two, to dismantle the “billionaire economy”, in favor of an economy that works for the American worker, for small business, for the vast majority of Americans. I will be a Senator for all those who can’t buy Senators.
Sounds like a legit progressive to me, anti-establishment and populist in the good way. I like his platform and I hope all of this attention does him more good than harm. Hard to be bothered by decades old tattoos when there are congresspeople with actual swastikas in their office.
the problem is no one can really know what his stance is because it's not beneath a person to lie to gain power. seems too risky and an easy way to end up with another Sinema/Fetterman type that blocks votes while claiming to be a Democrat/Progressive. i don't think now is the time to take chances and they need to find a better candidate to run while there still some time, because even if he's telling the truth this will be a non-starter for many voters.
That's a good point and a valid concern. I know I'll be doing more research into him and seeing what he has to say. I'll also look into his record of the work he's done in his hometown, if he's in local town government there will be public documents and meeting minutes that show how he handles governance.
Seems like a pretty easy option to not support the guy who went on 4 tours in the Middle East killing brown people and getting Nazi tattoos. Good luck liberals 🤣
Between the tattoo and working for mercenaries, I think he is a non-starter.
Edit: apparently there is a second tattoo
Gonna need a source on that tattoo claim before I take it seriously.
The source is literally a picture of the guy with a Nazi tattoo…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/maine-graham-platner-tattoo-democrat-senate
He got a large deaths head (totemkoph) on his chest
With that red flag coming to light I think progressives need to pivot to supporting Jordan Wood running for Democratic Senate in Maine.
He’s got a substack
Anyone willing to tell AIPAC to go fuck themselves is on my permanent good list. Even better if they can make a menu to use when we eat the rich.
the sentiment is good, but also i think most people with a nazi tattoo would be willing to tell AIPAC to go fuck themselves
Considering many of them in the government are still actively protecting Israel, I think not.
dude literally has a nazi tattoo...
Which people are still defending!
Fuck it's one of the emblems of the SS, 2nd to their lightning bolts, and people are excusing it even in this thread.
this one really stumps me. libs, man.
Here's what he has to say about the tattoo
https://files.catbox.moe/op9uzi.mp4
so, excuses? "something that represented our jobs as machine gunners"
yeah, fucking fascist. dude is making a mockery of his electorate.