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Ted Cruz: “Graham Platner had...a Nazi tattoo on his chest.”

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It used to be the socialists were the extremes. I cannot think of another major Democrat nominee who is self described as a communist, but Graham Platner. That's how he … Graham Platner had...a Nazi tattoo on his chest. … What is a Totenkamp? It is a Nazi skull and crossbones. That was the symbol of the SS that ran the concentration camps in Germany and throughout Europe in the World War II. (26:30–26:37)

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