Victor Davis Hanson: The Fresh, New ‘Jacobin’ Faces of the Democrat Party

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

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Democrat Maine senatorial candidate Graham Platner claims that he didn’t know he got a Nazi tattoo in 2007 while serving as a U.S. Marine, saying on “Pod Save America” that he was “very inebriated” and “chose a terrifying skull and crossbones off the wall because we were Marines and skulls and crossbones are a pretty standard military thing.” “The Democrats are in a quandary. The old guard of Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, are very worried about this young group of more radical, Jacobin, younger people who want to shut down the government … “The problem that these people have is they are not in the mainstream of American politics. And so, they have said things in their past before they were candidates—sometimes during—that are incompatible with the majority of Americans’ views on what denotes proper behavior and conduct of a politician or an official. “For example, Mr. Platner in Maine … “It was the exact replica, facsimile of the Totenkopf, death’s head, emblem of the 3rd SS-Waffen Division in World War II, a division that was made up of former, at least in its 1939-41 inception, former death camp guards and special Einsatzgruppen group killers of Jews,” argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1 👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com 👉The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: ⁠https://secured.dailysignal.com/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The old guard of Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, are very worried about this young group of more radical,
0:06.5	younger people who want to shut down the government. That was the impetus behind the shutdown.
0:11.2	Do not cooperate whatsoever with Donald Trump. Mr. Platner in Maine, who wants to be the Democratic nominee for the Maine Senate,
0:19.3	got the exact replica of the Totenkov,
0:23.6	death's head emblem of the third SS Woffon division in World War II, tattooed on his body,
0:29.6	a division that was made up of former death camp guards and special Eisen group and group
0:35.6	killers of Jews. It's kind of ironic because no one in the Democratic Party
0:40.3	has really criticized them.
0:42.3	Remember when Elon Musk did this, they said he was a Nazi,
0:45.3	so we know that they were sensitive to it,
0:47.3	but the reply of the old guard is to ignore it
0:51.3	because they're terrified of them.
1:05.9	Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.
1:08.2	The Democrats are in a quandary.
1:13.0	The old guard of Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, are very worried about this young group of more radical Jacobin, younger people who want to shut down the
1:20.5	government. That was the impetus behind the shutdown. Do not cooperate whatsoever with
1:25.4	Donald Trump and then take the House and the Senate.
1:29.8	The problem that these people have is they are not in the mainstream of American politics.
1:37.7	And so they have said things in their past before they were candidates, sometimes during,
1:42.6	that are incompatible with the majority of Americans' views
1:46.0	on what denotes proper behavior and conduct of a politician or an official.
1:52.7	For example, Mr. Platner in Maine, who wants to be the Democratic nominee for the Maine Senate
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