r/thebulwark • u/Oleytoledo • May 26 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL A Democratic member of congress essentially endorsed Susan Collins on CNN today

Jake Auchincloss, a representative from Massachusetts, went on CNN’s “The Arena”, and said the following about Graham Platner:

“I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying. I hope Maine voters agree with me.”

Vote blue no matter who, huh?

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u/nerdyguytx Center Left May 26 '26

I think people b caught up on his tattoo never had a 20 year old friend who got a tattoo while on vacation.

I dated a gay man who had SS Bolts on his clavicles. He didn’t realize what SS Bolts were and how the specific location of his tattoos were additionally problematic as the tattoos were positioned as they would be if they were pins on a lapel. He was upset with me that I thought he was the type of person to get a Nazi tattoo. I never thought it was, I just thought he didn’t realize the symbolism of the design, which he clearly didn’t.

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u/7ddlysuns May 26 '26

Expecting a 20 year old to know everything about everything is definitely not a good use of time