Mehdi CHALLENGES Graham Platner on His Tattoo and More [View all]

[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.

This interview was published a week earlier exclusively on Zeteo.com. If you want early access to hard-hitting journalism like this, subscribe to our Substack here: https://zeteo.com/subscribe

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.