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Tucker Carlson on Thursday downplayed and defended Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner\u2019s Nazi tattoo.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the Canadian \u201c<\/span>Can\u2019t Be Censored<\/span>\u201c<\/span> podcast<\/span>,<\/span> the former Fox News host sat down with Travis Dhanraj and Karman Wong to discuss President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israel, Iran, and why he says he can no longer support the Republican Party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carlson raised eyebrows with his defense of Platner\u2019s candidacy to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine, where Carlson also lives. Republicans across the country have targeted Platner over a series of personal scandals, including a Nazi tattoo that women around him have said he understood the meaning of.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLook at Graham Platner, this guy who\u2019s running in the state of Maine, where I live \u2026 he\u2019s a Democrat, he\u2019s liberal, I don\u2019t have strong feelings about it,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cBut rather than respond to what the guy\u2019s positions are, they just have called him a Nazi for the last month, because he had a tattoo that was not a swastika, but apparently it was connected to the German military at some point, it\u2019s not even clear he knew that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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As expected, Tucker Carlson has rushed to Graham Platner\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n

He claims Platner didn\u2019t even know about his Nazi tattoo, and insists the real reason people are attacking him is because he\u2019s \u201cnot sufficiently supportive of Israel.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/R30ZKXdtSv<\/p>\n

\u2014 Justin (@JustinUSA) June 19, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Then, the podcaster speculated why Republicans don\u2019t support the Bernie Sanders-backed leftist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve attacked the guy, and his personal life. They don\u2019t like him because he\u2019s not sufficiently supportive of Israel,\u201d Carlson added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Several women, including an ex-girlfriend, have gone on the record to say Platner knew the meaning behind his infamous Nazi tattoo, with one telling the <\/span>New York Post<\/span> the symbol reminded him that \u201cthe U.S. was the evil bad guy overseas.\u201d The Senate hopeful\u2019s former political director also disputed Platner\u2019s account and accused him of \u201ca pattern of dishonest behavior.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Platner campaign insists he picked a <\/span>\u201c<\/span>skull-and-crossbones tattoo off a wall<\/span>\u201d<\/span> to \u201ccommemorate surviving Ramadi and his friends who were killed there.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cGraham has also since covered up the tattoo and answered countless questions about it,\u201d a spokesperson for the campaign has said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the same interview, Carlson cast doubt on the motive behind Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was not murdered for his opinions on transgenderism,\u201d Carlson insisted with no evidence. \u201cObviously, he was \u2014 I believe, and most people who knew him well, as I did, and was friends with him as I was \u2014 believe he was most likely murdered for his evolving views on Israel.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Charlie Kirk was not murdered for his opinions on transgenderism. Obviously.<\/p>\n

Those of us who knew him best and called him a friend believe he was most likely murdered for his evolving views on Israel. \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tucker Carlson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 pic.twitter.com\/D1mf5UXwHi<\/p>\n

\u2014 Travis (@NihiloX) June 19, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Prosecutors say Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of assassinating the Turning Point USA founder, wrote in a message to his trans-identifying boyfriend that he had an \u201copportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it,\u201d <\/span>The Daily Wire<\/span> previously reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Carlson, a vocal critic of the Trump administration\u2019s foreign policy, said he has no interest in running for president but announced a permanent split with the Republican Party.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Republican Party in Washington is just completely out of control. I don\u2019t share their values on any level, their personal values, the way they live, greedy, bizarro sex lives, loyal to a foreign country above the United States,\u201d Carlson said, before taking shots at individual elected officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeginning with the speaker of the House, Speaker Mike Johnson, and extending to the president and the leaders in the Senate. I have nothing in common with these people at all. I do not share their values. I find their priorities appalling, and so I\u2019m just not going to participate in that party,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tucker Carlson on Thursday downplayed and defended Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner\u2019s Nazi tattoo.On the Canadian \u201cCan\u2019t Be Censored\u201c podcast, the former Fox News host sat down with Travis Dhanraj and Karman Wong to discuss President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israel, Iran, and why he says he can no longer support the Republican Party.Carlson raised eyebrows with his defense of Platner\u2019s candidacy to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine, where Carlson also lives. Republicans across the country have targeted Platner over a series of personal scandals, including a Nazi tattoo that women around him have said he understood the meaning of.\u201cLook at Graham Platner, this guy who\u2019s running in the state of Maine, where I live \u2026 he\u2019s a Democrat, he\u2019s liberal, I don\u2019t have strong feelings about it,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cBut rather than respond to what the guy\u2019s positions are, they just have called him a Nazi for the last month, because he had a tattoo that was not a swastika, but apparently it was connected to the German military at some point, it\u2019s not even clear he knew that.\u201d\u00a0As expected, Tucker Carlson has rushed to Graham Platner\u2019s defense.He claims Platner didn\u2019t even know about his Nazi tattoo, and insists the real reason people are attacking him is because he\u2019s \u201cnot sufficiently supportive of Israel.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/R30ZKXdtSv\u2014 Justin (@JustinUSA) June 19, 2026Then, the podcaster speculated why Republicans don\u2019t support the Bernie Sanders-backed leftist.\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019ve attacked the guy, and his personal life. They don\u2019t like him because he\u2019s not sufficiently supportive of Israel,\u201d Carlson added.\u00a0Several women, including an ex-girlfriend, have gone on the record to say Platner knew the meaning behind his infamous Nazi tattoo, with one telling the New York Post the symbol reminded him that \u201cthe U.S. was the evil bad guy overseas.\u201d The Senate hopeful\u2019s former political director also disputed Platner\u2019s account and accused him of \u201ca pattern of dishonest behavior.\u201dThe Platner campaign insists he picked a \u201cskull-and-crossbones tattoo off a wall\u201d to \u201ccommemorate surviving Ramadi and his friends who were killed there.\u201d\u00a0\u201cGraham has also since covered up the tattoo and answered countless questions about it,\u201d a spokesperson for the campaign has said.\u00a0In the same interview, Carlson cast doubt on the motive behind Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination.\u00a0\u201cHe was not murdered for his opinions on transgenderism,\u201d Carlson insisted with no evidence. \u201cObviously, he was \u2014 I believe, and most people who knew him well, as I did, and was friends with him as I was \u2014 believe he was most likely murdered for his evolving views on Israel.\u201d\u00a0Charlie Kirk was not murdered for his opinions on transgenderism. Obviously.Those of us who knew him best and called him a friend believe he was most likely murdered for his evolving views on Israel. \ud83d\udc40\u2014 Tucker Carlson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 pic.twitter.com\/D1mf5UXwHi\u2014 Travis (@NihiloX) June 19, 2026Prosecutors say Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of assassinating the Turning Point USA founder, wrote in a message to his trans-identifying boyfriend that he had an \u201copportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it,\u201d The Daily Wire previously reported.\u00a0Carlson, a vocal critic of the Trump administration\u2019s foreign policy, said he has no interest in running for president but announced a permanent split with the Republican Party.\u201cThe Republican Party in Washington is just completely out of control. I don\u2019t share their values on any level, their personal values, the way they live, greedy, bizarro sex lives, loyal to a foreign country above the United States,\u201d Carlson said, before taking shots at individual elected officials.\u00a0\u201cBeginning with the speaker of the House, Speaker Mike Johnson, and extending to the president and the leaders in the Senate. I have nothing in common with these people at all. I do not share their values. I find their priorities appalling, and so I\u2019m just not going to participate in that party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nTucker Defends Platner\u2019s Nazi Tattoo, And Adds A Shot At The GOP - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=446\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tucker Defends Platner\u2019s Nazi Tattoo, And Adds A Shot At The GOP - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tucker Carlson on Thursday downplayed and defended Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner\u2019s Nazi tattoo.On the Canadian \u201cCan\u2019t Be Censored\u201c podcast, the former Fox News host sat down with Travis Dhanraj and Karman Wong to discuss President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israel, Iran, and why he says he can no longer support the Republican Party.Carlson raised eyebrows with his defense of Platner\u2019s candidacy to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine, where Carlson also lives. 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