{"id":55958,"date":"2025-10-23T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/dems-silent-on-progressive-candidates-nazi-style-tattoo-after-knocking-hegseth-for-christian-symbol\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:55:44","slug":"dems-silent-on-progressive-candidates-nazi-style-tattoo-after-knocking-hegseth-for-christian-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/dems-silent-on-progressive-candidates-nazi-style-tattoo-after-knocking-hegseth-for-christian-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems silent on progressive candidate\u2019s Nazi-style tattoo after knocking Hegseth for Christian symbol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prominent Democrats who were highly critical of now-Secretary of War Pete Hegseth<\/a>\u2019s tattoos with crusader symbolism are now keeping silent on a progressive Senate candidate who had a Nazi-style symbol tattooed to his chest.<\/p>\n

Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, D-Mass., and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., criticized Hegseth for his tattoos, one of which is a Jerusalem cross and another with the Latin phrase “Deus Vult” (God wills it), both of which are associated with the crusades and ancient Christian symbolism.<\/p>\n

Following their comments against Hegseth, Fox News Digital reached out to Warren and Duckworth for comment on the ongoing controversy over Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner<\/a> having a “Totenkopf,” Nazi “death’s head” symbol tattooed to his chest.<\/p>\n

Warren has previously expressed enthusiasm for Platner\u2019s candidacy, telling Politico<\/a>, “I\u2019m excited to see new people enter the race for the Senate” and adding, “particularly those who have a strong voice they\u2019re willing to use on behalf of people who are often ignored in the U.S. Senate.”<\/p>\n

ARE PETE HEGSETH\u2019S TATTOOS SYMBOLS OF \u2018CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM\u2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Fox News Digital asked whether Warren and Duckworth condemn Platner because of the tattoo and whether they believe he should drop out of the race. Neither immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

During Hegseth\u2019s confirmation hearings, Warren sent him an extensive letter, in which, among other issues, she expressed concern about his “Deus Vult” tattoo.<\/p>\n

“You were also removed from President Biden\u2019s inauguration because of concerns that you were an insider threat after reports that your \u2018Deus Vult\u2019 tattoo<\/a> \u2018was a Christian expression associated with right-wing extremism,\u2019” Warren wrote, adding, “We cannot have a Defense Secretary whose fellow servicemembers feel concerned enough about to report as a potential insider threat.”<\/p>\n

Even as secretary, Democrats have continued to give Hegseth a hard time over the tattoos. During a hearing in June, Duckworth accused Hegseth of “blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp,” adding, “Luckily, I didn\u2019t end up with a questionable tattoo.”<\/p>\n

‘MAINE’S MAMDANI’: MAINE GOP CHIEF ISSUES WARNING ABOUT NEW CHALLENGER LOOKING TO OUST SUSAN COLLINS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Platner, a Marine veteran and progressive endorsed by the likes of Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>, I-Vt., has garnered widespread criticism over a skull-and-crossbones tattoo on his chest that strongly resembles the Totenkopf symbol used by Hitler\u2019s SS forces.<\/p>\n

After the controversy erupted, Platner said he got the tattoo in 2007 during a “night of drinking” while on leave in Croatia in the Marine Corps and claimed he did not know its historical associations at the time. He has since covered the image<\/a> with another tattoo of dogs.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to Instagram Wednesday afternoon, Platner elaborated that the design was chosen from a flash tattoo wall while “carousing” with fellow Marines in Split, Croatia.<\/p>\n

“We thought it looked cool,” he said.<\/p>\n

MAINE DEM SENATE HOPEFUL BACKED BY BERNIE SANDERS APOLOGIZES FOR NAZI-STYLE TATTOO, VOWS TO STAY IN RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He claimed he had “lived a life dedicated to anti-fascism, anti-racism and anti-Nazism” and was “appalled” to learn it resembled a hate symbol.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Sanders shared an Axios interview<\/a> with the senator in which he said that “I’m not overly impressed by a squad of media running around saying, ‘what do you think about the tattoo on Graham Platner’s chest'” and “between you and me there might be one or two more important issues.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The spokesperson also shared another statement from Sanders in which he said of Platner “I personally think he is an excellent candidate. I’m going to support him, and I look forward to him becoming the next senator in the state of Maine”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital also reached out to Sanders and Platner\u2019s campaign for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prominent Democrats who were highly critical of now-Secretary of War Pete Hegseth\u2019s tattoos with crusader symbolism are now keeping silent on a progressive Senate candidate who had a Nazi-style symbol tattooed to his chest. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., criticized Hegseth for his tattoos, one of which is a Jerusalem cross … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}