Opponents went all in on smearing Graham Platner as a Nazi based on a bad tattoo choice. It didn’t work. Maine voters decided they’d rather have universal health care and an end to reckless wars than a polished politician with an unblemished past.

Platner was subject to one of the most intense smear campaigns in the history of modern electoral politics. Despite a platform that would make him one of the Senate’s most left-wing members (along with Bernie Sanders and, if he wins his own race, Abdul El-Sayed), he was widely accused of being a secret Nazi

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  • bagsy@lemmy.world
    7·
    23 days ago

    Have you seen Hegseth’s tattoo? Why aren’t we complaining about actual nazis, with actual power, instead of this guy who isnt even elected yet, and has said he was wrong?