"Platner's campaign shared video with Pod Save America of him singing shirtless that exposed a skull tattoo on his chest that resembles the "Totenkopf," a symbol used by Hitler's Schutzstaffel (SS). The move was intended to get ahead of opposition research, and the GOP's Senate campaign arm seized on the images, accusing Platner of having a "Nazi tattoo." Driving the news:"
""I am not a secret Nazi," Platner told Vietor, adding that he got the tattoo in Croatia while deployed and was "very inebriated." Platner said he and his fellow Marines chose "a terrifying looking skull and crossbones." What he's saying: In the years since, Platner said, he joined the Army National Guard, where he said he "got a security clearance and a full screen" to be on the detail for the ambassador to Afghanistan."
"The Army bans tattoos that are "extremist, racist, sexist, or otherwise indecent." Platner said that at no point "did anybody ever once say, 'Hey, you're a Nazi.' It never came up until we got wind that in the opposition research somebody was shopping the idea that I was a secret Nazi with a hidden Nazi tattoo." Zoom out: An ADL spokesperson said in a statement provided to Axios that it "appears" to be a Nazi Totenkopf tattoo, which they described as "troubling," if true."
Platner's campaign released a shirtless video showing a chest skull tattoo resembling the Totenkopf, a symbol used by Hitler's SS. The campaign said the clip came from his brother's wedding where Platner lip-synced Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball.' Platner said he received the tattoo in Croatia while deployed and was 'very inebriated,' and that he and fellow Marines chose a 'terrifying looking skull and crossbones.' Platner said he later joined the Army National Guard, obtained security clearance, and served on an ambassadorial detail. The ADL said the tattoo appears to be a Nazi Totenkopf and called it troubling. The Department of Defense updated procedures in 2021 for reviewing questionable tattoos.
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