Elise Jordan Presses Graham Platner on His 'Nazi Tattoo'

"Platner said the tattoo never seemed to bother anyone when he went shirtless until recent reports pointed it out. Jordan asked Platner to address an October report from CNN's Andrew Kaczynski that said Platner was aware the skull and crossbones tattoo which looked like a symbol used by SS officers called the Totenkopf had Nazi ties, despite his claims to the contrary."

"You know, like if you're going to have a Nazi tattoo, it's like basically the worst one you could have, Jordan told him. But you said you didn't know what it was, but then they have all of this documentation of you on Reddit talking about what it is and somehow justifying it. She added CNN talked to acquaintances who also said Platner knew about its Nazi origin."

"I've read through my posts, at no point did I discuss it and talk about it as something I knew about. He said he got the tattoo years ago with other Marines while in Croatia. We wanted to get a skull and crossbones together to represent our time in the Marine Corps. That's what we got, he said. Platner said it was absurd to think it was a Nazi tattoo because he was checked for hate and gang-related tattoos"

Graham Platner defended a skull-and-crossbones chest tattoo that has been compared to the SS Totenkopf and called out in reports. Platner said the tattoo "never seemed to bother anyone" when he went shirtless and claimed he did not know of Nazi ties. Platner said he got the tattoo years ago with other Marines in Croatia to represent their time in the Marine Corps. CNN reported acquaintances and documentation suggesting Platner was aware of the symbol's Nazi origin. Platner called those reports "fundamentally not true" and said he was screened for hate or gang-related tattoos while serving as a Marine protecting a U.S. ambassador.

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