The tattoo looks like a giant fuckin smudge it could look like damn near anything if you squint. I think people are blowing this out of proportion. Regardless of how he got it, the military let it pass at least twice and they are pretty firm about extremist tattoos from my understanding.

I can understand not figuring out about the potential meaning if you aren’t around people that will say something about it, if they even know. I mean, just looking at comments about this situation many people are also just now learning about the totenkopf. And if no one is telling you, who looks at their own tattoos without prompting and thinks, “imma google my own tattoos for shits and giggles”.

Plus he got it covered up. His platform still sounds good. He’s taking steps to address it. He doesn’t seem like he’ll be a fetterman. This hurts his run obviously, but I don’t think he’s the bad guy some people are trying to make him out to be. Not everyone runs around with an encyclopedic knowledge of hate symbols, let alone young soldiers.

I don’t need him to do well. I need him to do good.