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June 11, 2026

Voters Are Okay with Graham Platner Because He Hates Israel

When an Israeli flag is worse than a Nazi insignia.

On Tuesday, Graham Platner won Maine’s Democratic nomination for Senate, defeating his more moderate opponent. Voters were not deterred by his habit of defaming his fellow veterans, his deceptive statements about his past, or recent revelations about his ugly conduct of his personal life. But the item that has received the most attention—especially in Jewish media—is that Platner has the insignia of an SS unit tattooed on his chest. Caroline McCaughey takes a careful look at what conversations with Maine voters reveal about their perceptions: 

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