Dem Senate candidate Graham Platner covered a Nazi-linked tattoo after backlash over old posts apologized but refused to quit as rivals demanded he drop out.

Graham Platner, a Maine Democrat vying for a seat in the United States Senate, said he has covered up a tattoo after receiving fierce backlash over its resemblance to a Nazi symbol.

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner covered up a tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, a spokesperson for Platner’s campaign confirmed to NBC News.

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner said he covered up a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol that he got nearly 20 years ago.

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) said Monday his past Reddit comments were meant “to get a rise out of people.” “That was me trying to get a rise out of people on the Internet,” Platner