The hosts of The View agreed Tuesday that Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner needs to withdraw from the race, and should have done so before new sexual assault allegations were published.Platner “should have been thrown out with the Nazi tattoo and what have you. We all agree on that,” co-host Joy Behar said on The View Tuesday. Platner faces multiple sexual assault allegations and criticism over a Totenkopf tattoo he received during his military service.
Platner claimed he had no idea that his tattoo, which was a Totenkopf, was a Nazi symbol.
In a New York Times report, one woman who dated Platner said he had to have known what it meant, because he was the one who taught her the word for it when they were dating.She said he referred to it as “my Totenkopf.”The woman also detailed sexual assault allegations against him.On Monday, a report from Politico revealed that another ex-girlfriend came forward, saying Platner sexually assaulted her while severely intoxicated.“The Democrats really needed to step up a little bit before this happened, thinking maybe Platner would be tainted and would have to get thrown out,” Behar said. Monday’s Politico report resulted in a campaign video posted on X by Platner, saying he would take time to “reflect” on his campaign’s “best path forward.”
