UNEXPECTEDLY: Jon Stewart Hearts Nazi-Tatted Pol Graham Platner.

Newsbusters reports that Stewart gave Platner a chummy interview earlier this week on his “Weekly Show” podcast. First, Stewart compared him to a classic movie underdog.

…here’s, kind of, always the fable of a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a kind of, you know, an honest man who has real ideals facing off against a corrupt system that is fueled by money and toxicity and all these—so there is an archetype for this.

Later, Stewart brought up the tattoo issue without mentioning its Nazi roots. He did so while thoroughly explaining away the matter, sweeping it under the electoral rug so listeners could see Platner as a changed man.

Platner’s PR team couldn’t have scripted the exchange any better.

Old and busted: “Punch a Nazi.”

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I think it is time we consider the possibility that Democrats are so thoroughly convinced that Trump supporters are actual Nazis that they see Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo as being an electoral advantage.

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) May 2, 2026