Kid Rock on Dems Giving Hall Passes for Nazi Tattoos
Graham Platner said he got the tattoo in 2007 as a young Marine on a night out drinking and didn’t realize what it signified. But a former acquaintance told Jewish Insider that, more than a decade ago, he referred to the tattoo as “my Totenkopf,” the Nazi term for the image. (@KaivanShroff / X screen shot; @MaineStatePress / X screen shot)
Last week, The Gateway Pundit reported that left-leaning politicians, including Senator Bernie Sanders (Democratic Socialist–VT), are defending Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who until recently had an actual Nazi symbol tattooed on his chest.
Platner has also posted racist, homophobic, and sexist remarks on Reddit over the years—comments that Sanders has largely dismissed.
Meanwhile, some of these same Democrats caused a media uproar over a tattoo belonging to War Secretary Pete Hegseth, falsely claiming it was a Nazi symbol. It was not.
Oops!
Graham Platner…
Nazi tattoo: 2007
Caught with Nazi tattoo: 10/21/25.
Covered up with Celtic tattoo: 10/22/25
18 years walking around with a Nazi tattoo claiming to be anti-fascist…
All they do is lie. pic.twitter.com/R4xpYkipO2
— C3 (@C_3C_3) October 22, 2025
Graham Platner, the Maine Democrat running for Senate as a rugged, independent-minded “oyster man,” just had his Reddit posts exposed by @KFILE.
He called himself a Communist, who owns guns bc he doesn’t trust “fascists,” called cops “bastards,” and said rural Whites are stupid. pic.twitter.com/gOX17vXK3g
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) October 16, 2025
The contrasting reactions highlight a striking double standard: Democrats condemn a tattoo that isn’t Nazi-related, yet downplay a real Nazi tattoo when displayed by one of their own.
Musician Kid Rock discussed the issue on Fox News with Jesse Watters, calling out Democrats for what he described as giving hall passes for hateful behavior.
Watters said, “Another guy we just saw dancing the night away, this guy in Maine, you know, a couple of guys with some crazy tattoos.”
Kid Rock added, “Have you ever seen a Nazi tattoo on a Senate candidate? Unbelievable. And how they just brush it off. You just saw Bernie like, ‘he just went through a dark time.’ I’m like, wow. All right. If we’re giving hall passes like that, then let’s just give them on both sides. I’m not saying people don’t go through dark times, but come on. This guy’s a clown. Just look at him.”
Watters responded, “I mean, I’ve been through some dark times. Never got a Nazi tattoo, but these are the new…”
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