Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says he plans on getting a controversial tattoo that resembles a Nazi symbol removed.

Platner, a Democrat running to unseat six-term Republican Susan Collins, acknowledged the skull and crossbones tattoo Monday on the Pod Save America podcast. Platner said he wasn’t aware of any Nazi meaning when he got the ink nearly two decades ago while out drinking with other Marines in Croatia.

“It was not until I started hearing from reporters and DC insiders that I realized this tattoo resembled a Nazi symbol,” Platner told Politico. “I absolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest if I knew that—and to insinuate that I did is disgusting. I am already planning to get this removed.”

Platner added that the tattoo was never an issue when

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