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Will a Nazi Tattoo Cost Democrats the Senate?
The left sees a winner in Graham Platner, and they’re willing to overlook everything from his faux working-class background to his brushes with bigots.
By Charles Lane
03.16.26 — U.S. Politics
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a town hall at the Leavitt Theater in Ogunquit, Maine, in 2025. (Sophie Park viaGetty Images)
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Charles Lane
Charles Lane is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist for The Free Press.
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