James Carville, a veteran Democratic strategist who served as the chief strategist for Bill Clinton’s campaign, establishing the “war room” and the phrase, “it’s the economy, stupid,” threw his support behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who is challenging Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for the Senate seat.

The troubled candidate has come under fire for his Nazi Totenkopf (death’s-head) tattoo, which he inked over as soon as it became a liability, and other scandals, the latest of which involved sexting up to a dozen women who were not his wife.

When pressed by CNN anchor Jake Tapper on whether Carville would be as forgiving of Republicans voting for a candidate who had sported a Nazi tattoo for decades, Carville conceded the point, before quickly pivoting to arguing that defeating Donald Trump is more important.

“What would you say to a Republican who says, if a Republican combat veteran had a Nazi tattoo, you wouldn’t be so forgiving?” Tapper asked.

“It’s true. I would say you’re exactly right,” Carville admitted.

Critics have noted the brazen double standard: supporting actions on his side that Carville would find unforgivable in Republicans and acknowledging and defending that double standard.

In a separate interview, liberally sprinkled with profane language, Carville defended Platner’s behavior.

“He’s f—ed up, he’s been shot at, he’s a veteran, he’s a little bit weird, he’s an oysterman,” he said.

“Then his opponent, I can hardly say her name without the utter contempt dripping, Susan Collins, whose spine reminds me of a blueberry jelly from Maine,” he added. “Maybe we need a combat veteran right on that Senate floor who is f—ed up.”

“If you believe, as I do, that the country is in imminent peril — I mean imminent peril — who is most likely to slow this criminal in charge? Susan ‘Blueberry Jelly’ Collins, or five degrees off dead center Graham Platner?” Carville asked. “I think it’s Graham Platner.”

Carville then compared voting for Platner to Franklin Roosevelt’s alliance with Joseph Stalin to defeat Adolf Hitler.

“And you know if Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill could work with Joseph Stalin — who, by the way, well, I’ll tell you this, he was a bad guy, a really bad guy, alright — then I can overlook a tattoo,” Carville added.

Arguing about the importance of winning, the Democratic strategist pointed to Abraham Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus.

“Abraham Lincoln had to suspend habeas corpus, why? Because he had to win a Godd— war, OK?” Carville added. “We got to win this.”