Mocking Jesus and the Virgin Mary? Scandal strikes again for Maine Democrat Senate candidate with 'Nazi' tattoo

Graham Platner, a middle-aged oyster farmer and Marine veteran, is running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Maine, hoping to beat Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in the June 9 primary and to ultimately unseat the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins, in the general election.

Platner — who says he's "running against the billionaire class that owns [Susan Collins] and all of Washington" — has not only survived but thrived in the face of numerous scandals of his own making.

Now it appears that critics have found yet another damning social media post from the candidate.

'The left will love him more.'

An apparent screenshot of a 2012 Reddit post now making the rounds on X shows the following commentary from user P-Hustle, Platner's old handle:

I've spent 8 years in the infantry, Marine Corps and Army, and I've been about as crudely atheist as one can be the entire time (zombie jesus jokes and Mary sucking at covering up being a skank, as examples). Promotion came like normal, and most of my fellow grunts had a similarly cynical attitude towards religion. Sure, there have been a few bible thumpers I've run into, but it was certainly never systemic.

The comment appears to be in response to the case of Jeremy Hall, an atheist who accused the military of becoming a Christian organization.

Blaze News reached out to Platner's campaign for confirmation and comment but did not receive a response by deadline.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee said in response to Platner's alleged mockery of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, "Just when you think Graham Platner can't get any worse."

The Maine Republican Party said in response to the post attributed to Platner, "This SHOULD be disqualifying but Maine's leftist base has given Platner a pass on literally everything."

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Last year, numerous other inflammatory Reddit posts came to light, including posts in which Platner apparently identified as a communist, branded rural white Americans as racists, suggested service members worried about being raped should buy "Kevlar underwear," and smeared all police officers as "bastards."

Within days of Platner apologizing for his past posts and blaming them on a state of "disillusionment" following his return from Afghanistan, the Democratic candidate was outed for having an apparent "totenkopf" tattoo on his chest — a skull image popularized by Adolf Hitler's Schutzstaffel elite guard and adopted as the symbol of the SS-Totenkopfverbande, the branch that guarded the concentration camps.

Although Platner appears to have had the tattoo covered up, members of his campaign still jumped ship. Leftist lawmakers such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.) continued, however, to support Platner's campaign.

Nazi tattoo and rape jokes notwithstanding, he even picked up a few endorsements. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), for instance, endorsed Platner late last month, noting in a video statement, "Graham Platner has the grit to go against the grain and to fight for what is right."

"Nazi tattoo; blaming rape victims; voters are dumb and racist; fake oyster biz financed by an Epstein associate; says black people don't tip; former mercenary; etc etc etc," wrote the Maine GOP. "Now this. But the left will love him more."

Justin Davis, director of public affairs for the National Rifle Association, tweeted, "Maine by the numbers: 22% of voting Mainers are Catholic. Roughly 50% are Republican[.] Roughly 50% are Democrats[.] 100% of them will not take kindly to @grahamformaine calling the blessed Mother Mary a 'skank.'"

Prior to the resurfacing of his alleged anti-Christian remarks, polling indicated that Platner was poised to clean up in the Democratic primary.

An Emerson College poll conducted last week found that Platner led Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) by 27 percentage points, 55% to 28%. A recent poll conducted by Impact Research put the left-leaning populist even further ahead, leading Mills 66% to 28%.

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