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Auchincloss doubles down on Platner criticism: 'I'd vote for someone else'
Key takeaways
- Jake Auchincloss (D) on Tuesday doubled down on his opposition to the Democratic front-runner in the Maine Senate race, a day after he said candidate Graham Platner s tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol was disqualifying.
- As I said months ago, I find Platner s Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying, he wrote on social media.
- Auchincloss pushed back on the notion that he was supporting incumbent Sen.
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Jake Auchincloss (D) on Tuesday doubled down on his opposition to the Democratic front-runner in the Maine Senate race, a day after he said candidate Graham Platner s tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol was disqualifying.
As I said months ago, I find Platner s Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying, he wrote on social media. If it were me I d vote for someone else in the Maine Democratic primary.
Auchincloss pushed back on the notion that he was supporting incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) by opposing Platner s campaign in a social media post on Tuesday morning.
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