Mehdi CHALLENGES Graham Platner on His Tattoo and More

[Uncle Joe]

Apr 26, 2026

Despite leading in the polls, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is considered controversial by his party.

Now, in this must-watch interview, Mehdi Hasan speaks to Platner not just about his vision for a progressive “political revolution” in Washington DC but also about some of his controversies, including his social media and his tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol.

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Watch the full video to hear the two also discuss Israel-Gaza and the US’s relationship with the state, the importance of turning the Democratic Party into an antiwar party, whether he supports a ban on assault weapons, the comparisons to John Fetterman and Zohran Mamdani, whether he is a socialist, and much more.

[msongs]

1. how about his career serving in public office where he is held accountable by voters?

[Exp]

2. FYI - Tattoo remarks start about the 18 min mark. I scanned through to find it. Seems like no big deal. eom

[2naSalit]

3. Even though he...

Sees fetterman as his nemesis, he is still too much like him to trust. And fetterman was what(?) lt governor when he ran for the Senate seat.

I still think he has a vertical learning curve and I'm not okay with that.

[Uncle Joe]

4. I see

some distinctions between the two.

Fetterman has never been in combat, and seen the real results of our war, or semi-war policies on the ground up close and personal.

Fetterman was also a would be politician before being elected to Congress, as for Plattner, I see his actions more based on ideology, he's committed to what he actually says.

[2naSalit]

5. I don't...

See him as viable for the US Senate. He should focus on statewide office fist and get some legislative experience. He talks a good game when it's a controlled, scripted presentation but he sure sounds like a husband who was caught cheating on his wife when he's having an impromptu interview.

Not my first, second or third choice, don't plan on voting for him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. The tattoo really pesters me

I have seen a great deal on this. This is just one example that Collins would use against Platner in a general election campaign.

Link to tweet

I have seen some other oppo that pesters me including the material on this thread.