The Maine Senate candidate told the Associated Press he opted to cover it in the interest of time, adding, “I wanted this thing off my body.”

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.

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.

She is seen as perhaps the most vulnerable Republican this cycle, and Democrats’ most viable pick-up opportunity. Yet she may have drawn the luckiest other side of the ticket as the opposition seems determined to thwart itself.