Posted on Jul 1, 2024
Blumenthal and Tong Respond to Supreme Court Decision on Trump Immunity
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Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) speaks to honesty, integrity, and the rule of law, while bloviating about his service in Vietnam. He NEVER served in Vietnam. He did this while running for election to office to improve his political and personal standing to voting citizens.
At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life.
“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. “And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support.”
There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records.
What he did do was join the Marine Reserve, which virtually guaranteed that he would not be sent to Vietnam. He joined a unit in Washington that conducted drills and other exercises and focused on local projects, like fixing a campground and organizing a Toys for Tots drive. [Source - nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.htm]
At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life.
“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. “And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support.”
There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records.
What he did do was join the Marine Reserve, which virtually guaranteed that he would not be sent to Vietnam. He joined a unit in Washington that conducted drills and other exercises and focused on local projects, like fixing a campground and organizing a Toys for Tots drive. [Source - nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.htm]
Blumenthal and Tong Respond to Supreme Court Decision on Trump Immunity
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Yeah, his insistence on claiming he was in Vietnam is on him and easily verifiable. Why he continues to say it only demonstrates he has little to no credibility. The ruling of the SCOTUS on Presidential Immunity was an exercise of stating the obvious. Of course Presidents can and should be afforded immunity when exercising their presidential duties. Again, this is obvious. What Jack Smith is trying to suggest is that he should be able to point to the motive for why a President makes any given decision. This is far too subjective, and it will get caught up into the motives of the accuser, determining a President's motives (as we've seen). All it does is invite more circular arguments, more baseless indictments, and more divisiveness in this country.
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