SITUATIONAL OUTRAGE: Warren said Hegseth’s tattoo meant potential ‘threat’ — then backed candidate with Nazi-linked ink

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From Fox News: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sidestepped Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo in her glowing endorsement Thursday, despite previously expressing alarm over Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Christian tattoos.

The 41-year-old oyster farmer has been widely criticized for having a chest tattoo of a skull and crossbones resembling a symbol associated with the SS. Platner has since had the tattoo removed and pleaded ignorance, saying he was unaware of the symbol’s meaning.

Warren, one of the Senate’s most liberal members who is seeking to recruit progressive candidates, endorsed Platner’s campaign in a video posted to social media Wednesday, calling him “the real deal.”

“Graham Platner has the grit to go against the grain and to fight for what is right,” Warren said in her endorsement. “And the people in Maine are fired up and excited for change.”

Warren shrugged off the controversy surrounding the candidate.

“Look, he has apologized for that, and he’s out there talking to the people of Maine every single day,” Warren told Huffpost last week.

Back in early 2025, Warren was singing a different tune when it came to controversial skin decor.

During Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, Warren implied his Christian tattoos could signal cause for concern. She pointed to a Reuters report detailing Hegseth’s removal from the National Guard security team during former President Joe Biden’s inauguration. A supervisor made a dubious decision over his tattoos, labeling him a potential “insider threat.” At the time, he was a member of the D.C. National Guard and had been employed by Fox News. A senior National Guard member was worried about his tattoos, including one of the Jerusalem Cross and another with the Latin phrase “Deus Vult” (God wills it). Hegseth also has other tattoos that have been labeled Hegseth also has other tattoos that have been labeled Islamophopic and white nationalist.

Hegseth says they are all deeply personal Christian symbols representing faith, not extremism, and that he was unfairly labeled an “extremist” by his National Guard unit because of them.

Although Hegseth has completed multiple overseas deployments and earned two Bronze Stars, Warren referenced the tattoo concerns to call into question Hegseth’s loyalty to the United States.

“We cannot have a Defense Secretary whose fellow servicemembers feel concerned enough about to report as a potential insider threat,” Warren wrote in a 33-page letter to Hegseth.

Meanwhile, Platner’s tattoo is a prominent part of an attack ad launched by Mills’ campaign.

“The closer you look, the worse it gets,” a voice says as a shirtless Platner, tattoo visible, appears in the ad.

But the ad mostly focuses on disturbing comments Platner made over a decade ago on Reddit. According to the ad, Platner made a now-deleted Reddit comment in 2013, saying that if they want to avoid rape, women should “act like an adult for f— sake.”

In another comment, he reportedly said people should not “get so f—ed up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to.”

“For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don’t recognize, I am deeply sorry,” Platner said after the comments went public.

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