"The tattoo thing I've had for 20 years, he said. I've gone through multiple security clearances. I have been taking my shirt off in front of other people and taking photographs the entire time. That had never come up. That one very much caught me by surprise, especially considering that I spent my entire life essentially hating Nazis. So to have that accusation thrown my way was that was not expected."
"We were asked if I had a tattoo that had, you know, Nazi overtones. I have had this thing for ages and it had never once come up. At that point, we looked at it, we saw what they sent, and you know, it's a stylized skull and crossbones. Stylized skull and crossbones are very popular with military units for obvious reasons, but it looked quite similar,"
Graham Platner said he will remove a 20-year-old chest tattoo after criticism that it resembled a Nazi SS Totenkopf. He said he had passed multiple security clearances and had been photographed shirtless without the tattoo becoming an issue. He said the accusation surprised him and that he has spent his life opposing Nazis. Conflicting accounts emerged about when he recognized the tattoo as problematic. He said he became aware recently after being contacted and his team reviewed the image. He said the design looked like a stylized skull and crossbones and he did not want a symbol that suggested ideological similarity to Nazism.
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