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左翼人士称众议员奥钦克洛斯的立场“完全自相矛盾”，保守派则指责他“屈膝投降”
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一名众议院民主党人因似乎软化了对民主党推定缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的批评，遭到了整个政治光谱的反对。
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员杰克·奥钦克洛斯最初因谴责普拉特纳带有纳粹关联的纹身并表示“我希望缅因州选民与我立场一致”而激怒了左翼人士。
但在澄清他并未背书普拉特纳的对手、缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯——同时也收回了他此前呼吁缅因州选民反对普拉特纳的言论后，奥钦克洛斯发现自己遭到了两方面的抨击。
普拉特纳自去年披露自己曾有一个黑色骷髅头交叉骨纹身以来，面临的审查越来越多。他称自己是在克罗地亚海军陆战队部署期间休假饮酒时纹的身，当时并未意识到这是纳粹标志。
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员杰克·奥钦克洛斯在接受CNN采访时称参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的纳粹关联纹身“个人层面上就不合格”。
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳将纳粹纹身归咎于军队“文化”，遭到共和党退伍军人抨击
“苏珊·柯林斯是史上最糟糕政府的橡皮图章。那些声称我会明示或暗示背书她的言论，无视了我支持民主党夺回参众两院的过往记录，”奥钦克洛斯周二在社交媒体上写道。“正如我几个月前所说，我认为普拉特纳的纳粹纹身以及他对此事的评论，个人层面上就不合格。如果换作是我，我会在缅因州民主党初选中投票给其他人。”
“无论缅因州的选举结果如何，民主党都需要夺回参议院，我会继续为此努力，”他补充道。
左翼记者彼得·贝恩哈特抱怨道：“这完全自相矛盾。这场选举是普拉特纳和柯林斯之间的对决。”
“如果@杰克·奥钦克洛斯两者都反对，那他根本不在乎缅因州是否选出一名民主党参议员，”他继续说道。“如果他不在乎缅因州是否选出一名民主党参议员，那他就不太在乎民主党能否夺回参议院。”
进步派评论员雷切尔·比特科弗嘲讽身为犹太民主党人的奥钦克洛斯，称其聚焦于普拉特纳类似纳粹设计的纹身，而非她所说的共和党内部的“真正政策纳粹”。
“我们需要夺回参议院，但不要因为我想假装纹身而非立场让他成为纳粹，就不投民主党人的票，而我们正面临真正的政策纳粹，”比特科弗写道。
普拉特纳的盟友、有影响力的亲民主党播客“Pod Save America”联合主持人汤米·维托尔质疑，奥钦克洛斯对普拉特纳的反对是否可以通过与其坦诚沟通来解决。
“你有没有打电话或约他见面讨论此事？”维托尔说道。
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沃伦称她“心仪之人”是因纳粹纹身和reddit争议陷入风波的左翼参议院候选人
与此同时，保守派指责奥钦克洛斯在最初批评普拉特纳后向左翼妥协。
“你居然只用了24小时就向那个纳粹纹身家伙屈膝投降了？”支持特朗普的“第三条道路项目”高级顾问威尔·张伯伦在社交媒体上写道。“你的祖先都要在墓里翻身了。”
“你可真是勇气的典范啊，伙计，”共和党传播人士蒂姆·默塔夫评价奥钦克洛斯说道。
保守派记者柯蒂斯·豪克嘲讽道：“好吧，好吧，好吧，看看谁夹着尾巴回来了。”
豪克将奥钦克洛斯的言论与众议员赛斯·莫尔顿相提并论。马萨诸塞州民主党众议员莫尔顿在2024年大选后在跨性别问题上与民主党决裂，同样遭到了抨击。此后莫尔顿在马萨诸塞州深蓝选区参加参议院竞选时，转而附和本党在跨性别权利问题上的立场。
福克斯新闻数字频道在出版前联系了奥钦克洛斯寻求置评。
缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯（左）即将面临激烈的连任挑战，对手是民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳（右）。
困扰格雷厄姆·普拉特纳缅因州参议院竞选的热门reddit删帖事件
奥钦克洛斯是最早呼吁普拉特纳退出民主党初选的少数民主党人之一，此前这位参议院候选人在2025年10月的“Pod Save America”节目中披露了自己带有纳粹关联的纹身。
这位得到佛蒙特州无党派参议员伯尼·桑德斯和马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦支持的极左翼候选人，在缅因州州长大卫·米尔斯于6月9日初选前暂停竞选后，成为了推定的民主党提名候选人。
现年41岁的普拉特纳2007年在克罗地亚斯普利特与其他海军陆战队队员醉酒时纹了这个纹身，此后佩戴了近20年。
他后来遮盖了这个纹身，并反复声称自己当时不知道这个标志的纳粹起源。
CNN和《犹太内幕》报道称，普拉特纳当时就知道该设计与纳粹党卫军有关联。
2026年5月25日，佛蒙特州无党派参议员伯尼·桑德斯在缅因州波特兰的“打击寡头”集会上与民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳一同举手。
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普拉特纳还因截至2021年的已删除reddit帖子受到猛烈批评，他在这些帖子中自称共产主义者，称美国白人农村居民“实际上”是种族主义者和蠢货，并声称所有执法人员都是“混蛋”，还有其他已删除的言论。
福克斯新闻数字频道率先报道，他还在已删除的帖子中讨论过在移动厕所里自慰，并嘲讽一名在战斗中多次中弹的紫心勋章获得者。
人们普遍认为柯林斯是最脆弱的共和党在任议员，这场势均力敌的选举很可能是民主党在中期选举中夺回参议院控制权的必赢之战。
Democrat blasted by left and right after softening stance on scandal-hit Maine candidate
May 27, 2026 9:26am EDT / Fox News
Leftists called Rep Auchincloss’ position ‘totally incoherent,’ while conservatives said he’s ‘bending the knee’
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A House Democrat drew backlash from across the political spectrum after appearing to soften his criticism of Graham Platner, Democrats’ presumptive Maine Senate nominee.
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., initially sparked outrage on the left when he denounced Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo and said, “I hope Maine voters agree with me.”
But after clarifying he was not endorsing Platner’s opponent, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine — while also backing away from his earlier call for Maine voters to oppose Platner — Auchincloss found himself under fire from both sides.
Platner has faced mounting scrutiny since disclosing last year that he once had a black skull-and-crossbones tattoo, which he said he got while drinking on leave during a Marine deployment in Croatia and did not recognize at the time as a Nazi symbol.
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., called Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo “personally disqualifying” during an interview with CNN.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images; WGME via AP)
GRAHAM PLATNER BLAMES NAZI TATTOO ON MILITARY ‘CULTURE,’ DRAWS BACKLASH FROM GOP VETERANS
“Susan Collins is a rubber stamp for the worst admin in history. Claims that I would endorse her, implicitly or otherwise, ignore my track record supporting Democrats to take back both chambers,” Auchincloss wrote on social media Tuesday. “As I said months ago, I find Platner’s Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying. If it were me, I’d vote for someone else in the Maine Democratic primary.”
“Regardless of what happens in Maine, Democrats need to take back the Senate, and I’ll keep working hard to make it happen,” he added.
Leftist journalist Peter Beinart griped, “This is totally incoherent. The race is between Platner and Collins.”
“If @JakeAuch opposes them both, then he doesn’t care if Maine elects a Democratic senator,” he went on. “And if he doesn’t care if Maine elects a Democratic senator, he doesn’t care very much about Democrats taking the Senate.”
Progressive commentator Rachel Bitecofer mocked Auchincloss, a Jewish Democrat, for focusing on Platner’s tattoo resembling a Nazi design instead of discussing what she described as “actual policy Nazis” in the Republican Party.
“We need to take back the Senate, but don’t vote for the D because I want to pretend a tattoo and not positions make him a Nazi while we are facing actual policy Nazis,” Bitecofer wrote.
Tommy Vietor, a Platner ally and co-host of the influential Democratic Party-aligned podcast “Pod Save America,” questioned whether Auchincloss’ objections to Platner could be solved by having a heart-to-heart with him.
“Have you called or met with him to discuss it?” Vietor said.
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Conservatives, meanwhile, accused Auchincloss of caving to the left after his initial criticism of Platner.
“It only took 24 hours for you to bend the knee to the Nazi tattoo guy?” Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Trump-aligned Article III Project, wrote on social media. “Your ancestors are rolling in their graves.”
“You’re a real profile in courage, dude,” Republican communicator Tim Murtaugh said of Auchincloss.
Conservative journalist Curtis Houck mockingly wrote, “Well, well, well, look who’s back with their tail between their knees.”
Houck compared Auchincloss’ comments to Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., who similarly faced backlash after breaking with Democrats on transgender issues following the 2024 election.
Moulton has since pivoted to toeing the party line on transgender rights amid his Senate run in deep-blue Massachusetts.
Fox News Digital reached out to Auchincloss for comment before publication.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, left, is set to face a bruising re-election challenge from Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, right.(Fox News; Getty Images)
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Auchincloss was among a handful of Democrats to call on Platner to exit the Democratic primary after the Senate hopeful disclosed his Nazi-linked tattoo on an episode of “Pod Save America” in October 2025.
The far-left candidate backed by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., emerged as the presumptive Democratic nominee after Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, suspended her campaign ahead of the June 9 primary.
Platner, 41, wore the tattoo for nearly two decades after getting it in 2007 while inebriated with fellow Marines in Split, Croatia.
He has since covered up the design and has repeatedly claimed he was not aware of the symbol’s Nazi origins.
CNN and Jewish Insider reported that Platner knew about the design’s affiliation with the Nazi SS.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., raises hands with Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner during a “Fighting Oligarchy” rally in Portland, Maine, on May 25, 2026.(WFVX/WVII)
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Platner has come under fierce criticism for since-deleted Reddit posts as recently as 2021 in which he called himself a communist, said White rural Americans are “actually” racist and stupid and argued that all law enforcement officials are “bastards,” among other deleted messages.
He also discussed masturbating in portable toilets and mocked a Purple Heart recipient who was shot multiple times in combat in since-deleted posts, Fox News Digital first reported.
Collins is widely viewed as the most vulnerable GOP incumbent running for re-election and the battleground race is likely a must-win for Democrats if they are to retake Senate control during the midterm elections.