- 民主党人伊丽莎白·沃伦参议员（马萨诸塞州）周四在热情支持缅因州民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳时，回避了其与纳粹相关的纹身问题，尽管她此前曾对战争部长彼得·赫格塞斯的基督教纹身表示担忧。
- 沃伦是参议院最自由派成员之一，正试图招募进步候选人，她在周三发布到社交媒体的视频中支持普拉特纳的竞选活动，称他是“实干家”。
- “格雷厄姆·普拉特纳有勇气逆流而上，为正义而战，”沃伦说，“缅因州的民众对变革充满热情和期待。”
- 这位41岁的牡蛎养殖者因胸部有一个类似纳粹党卫军（SS）相关标志的骷髅头和交叉骨纹身而广受批评。普拉特纳随后已将纹身移除，并声称自己并不知情，称他不知道该符号的含义。
民主党参议院候选人关于解散移民海关执法局（ICE）的言论走红后遭嘲讽：’揭露这些暴徒’
当被问及普拉特纳的一系列争议时，沃伦基本置之不理。
- “看，他已经为此道歉，而且他每天都在与缅因州民众交流，”沃伦周四告诉《赫芬顿邮报》。
沃伦的言论与其对赫格塞斯基督教纹身的审视形成鲜明对比。在2025年初赫格塞斯确认听证会前夕，沃伦暗示，赫格塞斯身上有某些基督教符号可能使其成为叛徒。
- 马萨诸塞州民主党人特别引用了路透社的一份报道，该报道详细说明，在乔·拜登前总统就职典礼期间，赫格塞斯被国民警卫队一名主管从值班岗位上移除，该主管似乎基于他的基督教纹身，错误地认为他可能是“内部威胁”。
- 赫格塞斯当时作为华盛顿特区国民警卫队成员志愿参与就职典礼安保工作，同时受雇于福克斯新闻。一名高级国民警卫队成员对他纹有耶路撒冷十字和拉丁文短语“Deus Vult”（意为“上帝的旨意”）表示担忧。
- 四年后，尽管赫格塞斯完成了多次海外部署并获得两枚铜星勋章，沃伦仍借此事件质疑其对美国的忠诚。
- “我们不能让一位国防部长的战友因担忧其可能构成内部威胁而举报，”沃伦在给赫格塞斯的33页长信中写道。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系沃伦办公室寻求置评。
反ICE法律即将在缅因州生效，州长因参议院竞选期间允许该法律实施而面临更多批评
赫格塞斯在确认听证会上与参议员克里斯汀·吉利布兰德的交锋中为自己的纹身辩护。吉利布兰德（参议院民主党竞选委员会主席）明显支持州长珍妮特·米尔斯，米尔斯是普拉特纳在参议院初选中的对手。
- 米尔斯和普拉特纳都在争夺民主党提名，以击败缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯（长期在职）。
- 米尔斯竞选团队发布了一则针对普拉特纳的猛烈攻击广告，重点提及该纹身。
- 米尔斯竞选团队表示将投入六位数资金在全州范围内投放此广告，广告结尾是普拉特纳赤裸上身的视频，旁白称“你看得越仔细，情况越糟”。
- 广告中还包含普拉特纳十多年前在Reddit上发表的关于强奸的争议性评论。
- 米尔斯竞选团队的广告中，一名演员（声音模仿候选人）朗读了这些评论，同时突出显示了普拉特纳的言论。其中一条2013年的评论（普拉特纳后来删除）称，“对强奸感到担忧的人不应该‘醉得太厉害，以至于最终与不想要的人发生性行为’”。
- 广告中四位女性回应了这些评论，称其“可怕”、“令人作呕”且“无法胜任公职”。
- 普拉特纳在去年秋天发起参议院竞选后不久，其争议性Reddit帖子引发关注，他为此道歉。
- “对于那些读过这些内容并感到被冒犯的人，以及那些看到一个不认识的人（的言论）的人，我深表歉意，”他在一段走红视频中说道。
在普拉特纳在全州竞选活动中吸引大量人群、势头上升之际，米尔斯的广告也随之推出。根据最新民调，距离缅因州初选不到三个月，普拉特纳领先米尔斯大幅。
- 民主党人认为，柯林斯在这个倾向自由派的新英格兰州寻求第六个参议院任期时处境脆弱。这场竞选被视为民主党在今年中期选举中试图从共和党手中夺回参议院多数席位的必赢之战。
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, a Democrat, was confronted about his controversial tattoo, which resembles an emblem linked to the Nazis, during an interview on MS NOW.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sidestepped Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo in her glowing endorsement Thursday, despite previously expressing alarm over Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Christian tattoos.
Warren, one of the Senate’s most liberal members who is seeking to recruit progressive candidates, endorsed Platner’s campaign in a video posted to social media Wednesday, calling him “the real deal.”
“Graham Platner has the grit to go against the grain and to fight for what is right,” Warren said. “And the people in Maine are fired up and excited for change.”
The 41-year-old oyster farmer has been widely criticized for having a chest tattoo of a skull and crossbones resembling a Nazi-linked symbol associated with the SS. Platner has since had the tattoo removed and pleaded ignorance, saying he was unaware of the symbol’s meaning.
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When asked about Platner’s host of controversies, Warren largely brushed it off.
“Look, he has apologized for that, and he’s out there talking to the people of Maine every single day,” Warren told Huffpost on Thursday.
Warren’s remarks sharply contrasted with her scrutiny of Hegseth for his Christian tattoos. In the lead-up to Hegseth’s confirmation hearing in early 2025, Warren implied that Hegseth could be a traitor for having certain Christian symbols on his body.
The Massachusetts Democrat specifically referenced a Reuters report detailing Hegseth being removed from National Guard duty during former President Joe Biden’s inauguration by a supervisor, who appears to have made a dubious assumption that he could be an “insider threat” over his Christian tattoos.
Hegseth had volunteered for inauguration security as a member of the D.C. National Guard and had been employed by Fox News at the time. A senior National Guard member expressed concern over his tattoos of the Jerusalem Cross and the Latin phrase “Deus Vult,” which translates to “God wills it.”
Four years later, Warren used the incident to question Hegseth’s loyalty to the United States, despite his completing multiple overseas deployments and earning two Bronze Stars.
“We cannot have a Defense Secretary whose fellow servicemembers feel concerned enough about to report as a potential insider threat,” Warren wrote in a 33-page letter to Hegseth.
Fox News Digital reached out to Warren’s office for comment.
Hegseth defended his tattoos in an exchange with Sen. Kristen Gillibrand during his confirmation hearing. Gillibrand, who chairs Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, is notably backing Gov. Janet Mills, Platner’s opponent in the Senate primary.
Both Mills and Platner are vying for the Democratic nomination to unseat longtime Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
The tattoo is spotlighted in a blistering new attack ad against Platner launched by Mills’ campaign.
The ad, which the Mills campaign says it’s spending six figures to run statewide, closes with video of Platner shirtless as the narrator in the spot says, “The closer you look, the worse it gets.”
Controversial comments Platner made over a decade ago on Reddit about rape are also included in the ad.
The Mills campaign’s spot highlights Platner’s comments while an actor — in a voice that resembles the candidate — reads the comment aloud. Among the comments is one from 2013, which Platner later deleted, saying people concerned about rape should not “get so f—ed up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to.”
Four women in the Mills ad responded to the comments, calling them, “a horrible thing to say,” “disgusting” and “disqualifying.”
Platner apologized for his controversial Reddit posts after they made headlines last fall soon after he launched his Senate campaign.
“For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don’t recognize, I am deeply sorry,” he said in a video that went viral.
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The Mills ad was launched as Platner appeared to be gaining momentum while drawing large crowds at campaign events across the state. According to recent polls, Platner holds a large lead over Mills with less than three months until Maine’s primary.
Democrats view Collins as vulnerable as she seeks a sixth Senate term in the left-leaning New England state. The race is considered a must-win contest for Democrats as they try to claw back the chamber’s majority from the GOP in this year’s midterms.
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