Dem Senate candidate covers up Nazi-linked tattoo but sparks new controversy with 1919 ink

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00:00The skull. That was a skull and now it is.

00:03You can't quite tell, but...

00:06Well, actually, maybe it still has its healing thing on it.

00:11And maybe we shouldn't just because it's...

00:13Well, whatever.

00:14A Democratic Senate candidate in the state of Maine revealed that he has covered up his controversial tattoo

00:19after its Nazi-linked design sparked controversy.

00:22Though judging from the reaction of the reporter interviewing him for WGME-TV,

00:27a local Maine outlet, it's a bit comically unclear what the new design is supposed to represent.

00:32What is that?

00:33This?

00:34Yeah, what is it?

00:35It's literally nothing. It's just a...

00:36Oh.

00:37It's a design.

00:38Is it like a possum or a...

00:39No, it's supposed to be like a dog.

00:41Oh, okay.

00:42But it's based on some, like, ancient Celtic...

00:45Ah, got it.

00:46Ancient Celtic kind of design.

00:47Right.

00:48Things.

00:49Now, the oyster farmer is facing new questions about another tattoo, the number 1919,

00:55which was spotted on his arm by eagle-eyed viewers during his local news interview,

00:59and can also be associated with neo-Nazis, but actually has a different story in this case.

01:04Here's everything you need to know about the liberal candidate and his tattoo drama.

01:07It all started when, in an apparent attempt to get ahead of bad press,

01:11Graham Plattner went out of his way to disclose the original controversial skull tattoo on the Pod Save America podcast,

01:18where he shared an embarrassing video showing him singing in his underwear at a wedding celebration for his brother,

01:24in which the tattoo was visible on the right side of his chest.

01:27The skull tattoo appears to resemble the Totenkopf, an image adopted as a symbol by Hitler's SS,

01:33but the liberal candidate, who's running for a U.S. Senate seat in Maine, insisted he is not, nor ever has been, a Nazi.