{"id":1242,"date":"2026-06-04T21:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:41:21","slug":"graham-platner-knew-exact-meaning-behind-nazi-linked-totenkopf-tattoo-ex-girlfriend-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1242","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner knew exact meaning behind Nazi-linked \u2018Totenkopf\u2019 tattoo, ex-girlfriend claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner lied about not knowing the true meaning of his \u201cTotenkopf\u201d Nazi symbol tattoo, according to his ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1240\">Woman-hating Graham Platner made twisted rape comments and lied about Nazi tattoo, ex-girlfriends reveal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Platner, a few months after the announcement of his Senate campaign, was bombarded with questions about the ink on his chest, which depicted a skull-and-crossbones \u2014 widely recognized as a symbol for the Nazi SS death squads.<\/p>\n<p>The wannabe senator maintained that he thought it was merely a \u201cterrifying skull and crossbones,\u201d telling Politico in a statement in October that he \u201cabsolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest\u201d if he knew the meaning of the tattoo.<\/p>\n<p>Platner, however, knew exactly what the hateful ink represented, his ex-girlfriend, Lyndsey Fifield, 40, told the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1238\">Anti-ICE radicals sowing chaos at Delaney Hall in NJ are backed by high-profile leftist orgs: report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the pair dated years ago, Platner would call the tattoo \u201cmy Totenkopf,\u201d Fifield alleged in the bombshell report.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI would never have known what that was,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cHe would joke about it being a Nazi tattoo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1236\">Summer already heating up in the Hamptons as Montauk locals challenge hotelier over Surf Lodge rival<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. 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