I looked up what his tattoo looked like. I had never seen that design before. I would have just assumed its a stylized jolly roger. If I were into tattoos, I could see my dumb ass 19yr old self getting that tattoo. I was really into pirates back then.

I don't get why anybody thinks its farfetched that a 19yr old marine thought a skull and crossbones design out of a catalog at a tattoo parlor looked cool, and got it while out with his buddies. Then years later someone finally points out that its a Nazi tattoo, he gets it covered up when he is able to.

I've seen documentaries about reformed neo nazis covering up their nazi tattoos, and working to de-program, and get other neo nazis out of the lifestyle. People can change for the better, and people can simply be ignorant of the myriad of nazi symbology and get a dumb tattoo.

Have you seen Hegseth's tattoo? Why aren't we complaining about actual nazis, with actual power, instead of this guy who isnt even elected yet, and has said he was wrong?

Smear campaign? What part of him having a nazi tattoo and explicitly acknowledging what it was many years before getting into politics and then lying about it is a smear? All of this has been objectively verified, there's no debate here.

Did he run on a left-leaning campaign? Absolutely. Should you trust nazis that sound nice? This might surprise you, but they often lie to gain power.

It's not really a "smear" when dude is a former state thug with a nazi tattoo, but I guess he removed/covered it up? Ok, but can't blame people for being upset.

Reposting my exact comment from a few days ago:

Smear campaign? I read his public reddit posts bragging about murder, looked at his lifelong Nazi tattoo (before he covered it up for office), and formed the only possible conclusion an honest person could..