Graham 'Totenkopf' Platner Ends Campaign

The Maine Democrat, with the now-covered, SS tattoo, has terminated his campaign. Springtime for Platner ends - Don Surber

His tattoo from 1930s Germany didn't disqualify him in the eyes of Democrats. The early report of a sexual harassment didn't disqualify him in the eyes of Democrats. But they are abandoning him now.

Also on Monday, Senator Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland said, “I don’t know [Graham Platner] but I’m supporting Democrats. We need Democrats in office. We need Democrats in office to fight back against Donald Trump.”

What a refreshingly honest answer about Democrat ethics. They have none. It is all about power.

As for the tattoo: Totenkopf is a compound German word meaning "Death's Head." The particular tattoo that Platner was sporting is, if I'm reading it correctly, the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, which was used between 1939 and 1945 in the the Waffen-SS. If you don't know what that means, you should study more about World War II.

Nothing clarifies one’s position on genocide quite like a Nazi tattoo.

Anyway, he started falling in the polls. There is apparently (I really don't care that much about Maine politics - I may have it wrong) more than one allegation of inappropriate and/or illegal activity. I can't tell you which, as I don't really care. It was interesting to me that the Democrats were willing to overlook a tie to the Waffen-SS. The party of tolerance, and inclusion willing to overlook a symbol of the Schutzstaffel, or the SS.

The SS as a whole was declared a criminal organization by the Allied Tribunal in Nuremberg in 1946. [Ref. Britannica]

But then the Democrats as a whole seem, to me anyway, to be completely at ease with antisemitism these days. (Hat tip to Wombat-socho: In The Mailbox: 07.08.26 (Afternoon Edition)