KIMBERLEE KRUESI and PATRICK WHITTLE.

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, says he’ll remove a tattoo of an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol that he got on his chest nearly 20 years ago. He says he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police. Questions about the tattoo come after the recent discovery of Platner’s now-deleted online statements that included dismissing military sexual assaults, questioning Black patrons’ gratuity habits and criticizing police officers and rural Americans. The oyster farmer and first-time political candidate is mounting a progressive campaign against Republican Susan Collins, who’s held the Senate seat for 30 years.