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karynnj

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13. I've seen claims about Susan Collins, but full information is not available
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 11:27 AM
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Collins and her husband have known he other since she was a 21 year old college senior he, as CoS to Senator Cohen, hired her as an intern. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2012/08/13/sen-collins-marries-friend-mentor/.

There is nothing on when he received his divorce. Looking on the internet, one possibility is that they were at least separated years before his marriage to Collins. In her obituary, it mentions that when she retired, date not specified, she moved from the DC area to Maine to be closer to an autistic son, who died in 2009. It is certainly, possible that they maintained two homes and the marriage was still intact. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/name/margot-daffron-obituary?id=20447049. Here is the son's obituary.https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/name/thomas-daffron-obituary?id=23930907

Not knowing anything other than these three Google finds, it seems that this could be a very complicated situation. Clearly the media protected Collins. From the obituaries, it sounds like the wife stayed home with the children, including one who was non verbal and autistic for decades.

He married Susan Collins in August 2012. His first wife died after a two year cancer fight in July 2013. No date is given for their divorce.



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Well, it has been tattooed over now, so I can't see it. MineralMan Yesterday #1
A marine who served with GP FalloutShelter Yesterday #2
Collins klanners DoBW Yesterday #12
I've seen claims about Susan Collins, but full information is not available karynnj Yesterday #13
The SS totenkopf looks different than a typical pirate "skull and bones." WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #3
Better pic SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #6
Everyone I've asked (we're all over 60) didn't recognize it as SS mainer Yesterday #4
It could well be that the self-described "military buff" accidently had a Nazi tattoo for 20 years lapucelle Yesterday #10
Excellent post, lapuelle... Mahalo!! Just the Facts. Cha 21 hrs ago #64
Great post LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #68
It's bewildering that Platner told CNN that he has never been "close to money" given his personal biography. lapucelle 10 hrs ago #69
Many thanks. Indeed it could be any one or all of those things. QueerDuck 2 hrs ago #71
This message was self-deleted by its author lapucelle Yesterday #11
Someone's done their oppo research... AloeVera Yesterday #33
It was a dupe. N/T lapucelle Yesterday #49
That some people do not recognize a symbol does not change the historical fact of the symbol. sarisataka Yesterday #22
But if the person with the tatoo did not recognize it as a historical symbol, that's super relevant. nt LAS14 Yesterday #51
Yes. Certain images are recognizably Nazi-based... regnaD kciN 21 hrs ago #66
What makes the design Nazi is that the SS used this design as their insignia lapucelle Yesterday #5
Hey everybody, he's topless! What a naughty man. GreenWave Yesterday #29
Thanks for showing the Difference so Vividly.. Cha 21 hrs ago #65
The tattoo looks like the State of Ohio now, Emile Yesterday #7
The molehill is the tattoo. The mountain is ... QueerDuck 1 hr ago #72
I can see two young marines in a different country that are a little bit drunk or tipsy oldmanlynn Yesterday #8
I can too....but having it for almost 20 years without knowing what it was I believe less..ymmv EX500rider Yesterday #15
It's not like he's running on the resurgence of the Nazi party oldmanlynn Yesterday #18
I am concerned if he knew what it was and then flat out lied that he did, that speaks to character IMO EX500rider Yesterday #19
Is it The Bopper 3 hrs ago #70
He didn't have a jolly rogers tattoo lol WarGamer Yesterday #9
Do you believe he knew that? Scrivener7 23 hrs ago #54
Be cause it was a Nazi tattoo? EX500rider Yesterday #14
Ewww MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #42
And who takes their shirt off at an indoor party anyway? EX500rider Yesterday #43
I thought the same thing. MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #67
The Maltese cross is often confused with the Nazi Iron Cross too. Emile Yesterday #16
No, It Is Not. EVER. THERE IS NO RESEMBLANCE. ColoringFool 23 hrs ago #57
Both crosses share a similar cross pattee Emile 23 hrs ago #59
as a kid I remember seeing it on cheap belt buckles and rings in Johnson Smith Catalog eShirl Yesterday #17
That is a skull & cross bones, the Totenkopf has the bones behind the skull EX500rider Yesterday #20
Do you have your answer? sarisataka Yesterday #21
Yup! It's clear that most people would not recognize it as Nazi. nt LAS14 Yesterday #35
It seems a pretty even split. sarisataka Yesterday #36
Except that's not the question you asked EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #38
The thread has gone astray. My post here was not relevant to my OP. nt LAS14 Yesterday #52
The person you responded to asked if you had your answer EdmondDantes_ 23 hrs ago #58
As an amateur radio operator... orangecrush Yesterday #23
It's overblown SamuelTheThird Yesterday #24
Besides the tattoo in question Mossfern Yesterday #25
Doesn't make him a pirate? no_hypocrisy Yesterday #26
The Totenkopf RandySF Yesterday #27
The tattoo really pesters me LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #28
The totenkopf tattoo is a NAZI symbol LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #30
What, exactly, makes Platner's skull and crossbones Nazi? -misanthroptimist Yesterday #31
The fact that it was the official emblem of the Nazi SS death camp guards? EX500rider Yesterday #44
Great. Is that the only place in history it appears? -misanthroptimist Yesterday #45
Totenkoph is German meaning Deaths Head. It was the official symbol of the Nazi SS. LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #32
the skull and bones have been a potent human motif... mike_c Yesterday #34
All the Nazis that used to wear it on their uniform? meadowlander Yesterday #37
Is this a Nazi symbol Emile 23 hrs ago #61
Yes, it's an iron cross which was worn on Nazi uniforms. Is it exclusively a Nazi symbol? No. meadowlander 22 hrs ago #62
It's a Maltese Cross. I should know, Emile 22 hrs ago #63
Most 20 yr olds would not have a clue. Blue Full Moon Yesterday #39
He Knew. Of Course, Maybe The Tattoo Artist Was A Republican Who..... ColoringFool Yesterday #40
All of this BS is just republican smear campaign Blue Full Moon Yesterday #41
A smear campaign would be claiming he had a Nazi tattoo when he didn't. LisaL Yesterday #46
Nope they get other people to believe it Blue Full Moon 23 hrs ago #60
The range of motivations of those who would adopt that symbol... BH liberal Yesterday #47
no he doesn't still have it, he had a celtic dog design tattooed over it, covering it up eShirl 23 hrs ago #55
This is the most non issue of non issues. Initech Yesterday #48
The mentality of a guy... BH liberal Yesterday #50
I don't know, but..... YepYep 23 hrs ago #53
If I May Hazard A Wild Guess? The NAZIS!....... ColoringFool 23 hrs ago #56
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