Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner revealed in an interview published Wednesday that he has covered up his large chest tattoo of a Nazi skull and crossbones symbol.

“It’s been covered up with some kind of Celtic knot with a dog on it, because that’s far more in line with my opinions about nature and animals now than my connection to the violence that I partook in when I was a young man,” Platner told Vanity Fair .

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