Posted on Aug 8, 2024
J.D. Vance has a history of trying to smear people's military records - UPDATED
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"J.D. Vance’s lame and disgusting attempt to smear the military record of Gov. Tim Walz is not the first time that he’s played this pathetic and unpatriotic game. It turns out that two years ago he tried to smear the reputation of retired Army General Barry McCaffrey.
After McCaffrey criticized Vance’s position to not support Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression, Vance tried to attack McCaffrey’s stellar military record."
"New York Times columnist David French slammed Vance, writing: "He’s talking about a guy with three Purple Hearts, two silver stars, and who commanded 24th ID in Desert Storm, leading the attack that led to one of the most decisive military victories in American history. This is such a sad and shameful attack on an honorable man."
After McCaffrey criticized Vance’s position to not support Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression, Vance tried to attack McCaffrey’s stellar military record."
"New York Times columnist David French slammed Vance, writing: "He’s talking about a guy with three Purple Hearts, two silver stars, and who commanded 24th ID in Desert Storm, leading the attack that led to one of the most decisive military victories in American history. This is such a sad and shameful attack on an honorable man."
J.D. Vance has a history of trying to smear people's military records - UPDATED
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This move by the Trump campaign will probably backfire among independents - which is who they need to sway.
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Lol. Attack the messenger. Walz lied about retiring as an E9. Harris Walz has now scrubbed it from their web site. Walz never carried a weapon in a War or combat zone. My mother, who was a Nurse in WWII has more time in a combat zone than Walz. Trump has been shot at more time than Walz.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
The National Guard said that he didn't hold the rank long enough to get E9 retired pay - he DID reach the rank of CSM so he can say he held the rank. Yes he needs to change his bio to not say retired CSM. But that's it.
Well he did get deployed ISO OEF in Italy - so technically he never said he carried it in combat but he did carry it in a war, as in wartime. I mean even though technically Congress hasn't declared war since WWII no one should call OEF, OIF, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm "war" but everyone does so he said he carried it in war - which he did in wartime operations.
Did you even read this article? This was about the fact 2 years ago he tried to smear the record of Barry McCaffrey, saying he did "nothing" in his 32 years despite the fact the guy has three Purple Hearts, a Distinguished Service Cross and two Silver Stars. The man's record is pretty impressive and here's little public affairs corporal JD Vance trying to say that he did "nothing" because he didn't like something the guy said.
The point is that Vance, a mediocre former Marine and mediocre man and human, has a history of slandering other veterans because he's a petty little man.
And what he said about his time in Iraq:
"He was deployed to Iraq for about six months in 2005 as a military journalist, although he didn't experience combat.
“I was lucky to escape any real fighting,” he said in his 2016 memoir."
He fully admits he himself didn't see any combat but he wants to act like he's "better" than Walz for going to Iraq? LOL dude sat in AC for six months guaranteed. Public Affairs does puff pieces. That's about it.
Well he did get deployed ISO OEF in Italy - so technically he never said he carried it in combat but he did carry it in a war, as in wartime. I mean even though technically Congress hasn't declared war since WWII no one should call OEF, OIF, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm "war" but everyone does so he said he carried it in war - which he did in wartime operations.
Did you even read this article? This was about the fact 2 years ago he tried to smear the record of Barry McCaffrey, saying he did "nothing" in his 32 years despite the fact the guy has three Purple Hearts, a Distinguished Service Cross and two Silver Stars. The man's record is pretty impressive and here's little public affairs corporal JD Vance trying to say that he did "nothing" because he didn't like something the guy said.
The point is that Vance, a mediocre former Marine and mediocre man and human, has a history of slandering other veterans because he's a petty little man.
And what he said about his time in Iraq:
"He was deployed to Iraq for about six months in 2005 as a military journalist, although he didn't experience combat.
“I was lucky to escape any real fighting,” he said in his 2016 memoir."
He fully admits he himself didn't see any combat but he wants to act like he's "better" than Walz for going to Iraq? LOL dude sat in AC for six months guaranteed. Public Affairs does puff pieces. That's about it.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
Also:
"According to several of his contemporaries in the guard Walz talked about it as a hard decision: that if he deployed he’d miss his best chance to run for Congress.
“He weighed that decision to run for Congress very, very heavy,” Allan Bonnifield, who served with Walz, told Minnesota Public Radio in 2018. “He loved the military, he loved the Guard, he loved the soldiers that he worked with, and making that decision was very tough for him. Especially knowing that we were going on another deployment to Iraq. He didn’t take that decision lightly at all.”
The unit didn’t go to Iraq until March 2006, 10 months after Walz retired, where it stayed for a grueling 22-month extended deployment. The charge has dogged Walz, and in his last run for governor in 2022, it was even leveled by a political opponent who never served at all."
He could have retired at 20 and he reenlisted after 9/11 to stay in.
LOL "Trump has been shot at more times than Walz" Oh please - the set up "assassination" attempt? Get over yourself. JD Vance never got shot at in Iraq. Again he himself said he was "LUCKY" he didn't ever see real combat.
"According to several of his contemporaries in the guard Walz talked about it as a hard decision: that if he deployed he’d miss his best chance to run for Congress.
“He weighed that decision to run for Congress very, very heavy,” Allan Bonnifield, who served with Walz, told Minnesota Public Radio in 2018. “He loved the military, he loved the Guard, he loved the soldiers that he worked with, and making that decision was very tough for him. Especially knowing that we were going on another deployment to Iraq. He didn’t take that decision lightly at all.”
The unit didn’t go to Iraq until March 2006, 10 months after Walz retired, where it stayed for a grueling 22-month extended deployment. The charge has dogged Walz, and in his last run for governor in 2022, it was even leveled by a political opponent who never served at all."
He could have retired at 20 and he reenlisted after 9/11 to stay in.
LOL "Trump has been shot at more times than Walz" Oh please - the set up "assassination" attempt? Get over yourself. JD Vance never got shot at in Iraq. Again he himself said he was "LUCKY" he didn't ever see real combat.
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all of this talk coming from someone who sits in an office with AC and heat depending on season and safe.
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