Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) began his Wednesday this week by attacking his vice-presidential opponent, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), for supposedly misleading people about his 24-year service. According to Vance, Walz is deploying "stolen valor" to promote himself. Veterans and pro-vet groups, however, are hitti...
  • SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    101·
    1 month ago

    Falsely accusing your opponent of stolen valor could very rapidly bite you in the ass when you piss off a bunch of veterans, a lot of whom would likely vote Republican.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    931·
    1 month ago

    Did he attain the rank of “Command Sergeant Major”? - Yes.

    Did he deploy under the rank of “Command Sergeant Major”? - Yes.

    Did he meet the requirments to retire with benefits appropriate for that rank? No. His benefits are for the next rank down.

    That doesn’t mean he didn’t serve under that rank.

  • MagicShel@programming.dev
    83·
    1 month ago

    If you’re going to swiftboat someone, you have to set up the swiftboaters, too, not just expect them to be with you.

    Trump has done nothing to ingratiate himself with the military, and they’ve been a much softer right wing block for him after 2016.

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 month ago

      Yup. I guess referring to veterans as “suckers” and “losers” didn’t sit too well with many of them. Imagine that!

      • aaron@lemm.eeEnglish
        24·
        1 month ago

        Let’s be fair, the “suckers” and “losers” he referred to were only those who died

        • Ænima@lemm.ee
          17·
          1 month ago

          … or got captured or won a Medal of Honor or didn’t vote for him (probably).

    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
      143·
      1 month ago

      They still have the New York Times. Rest assured that they’ll be banging the drum, making insinuations about Walz’ service record until November 7.

      • jaybone@lemmy.world
        41·
        1 month ago

        Do the republicans run hit ads in the NYT? I would figure they consider that a liberal rag, and that anyone reading it would already be a decided voter.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
    801·
    1 month ago

    Now do Trump the draft dodger, if your sacred cow is military service. I’ll wait.

    I’ll probably be here awhile, but let’s not forget about that.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
      61·
      1 month ago

      Beyond that, he was well within his rights to retire when he did. Especially since his first child was being born around that time. If I was the wife I’d put my foot down on that shit real quick. No. You already served. You ain’t deploying to Iraq.

      Apparently some vets are saying this is all sour grapes from a different officer that got passed over for the position Walz earned.

  • NoiseColor@startrek.website
    501·
    1 month ago

    Walz could never go to Iraq cause of hearing issues of his long artillery career. Or so I’ve heard.

    BTW, why does vance always wear the eyeliner. It’s creepy.

  • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    1 month ago

    Hey JD, remind us all again of your glorious accomplishments in your 4 years in the military as a reporter? Barely even checking the box there

      • moncharleskey@lemmy.zip
        4·
        1 month ago

        I think it’s because the source, MediaBiasFactChecker, doesn’t really seem accurate. Often news sites are rated left of center when the seem to be more center or even center-right. So if the bot isn’t posting accurate information, what’s the point? That’s my take anyway.

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 month ago

        This piece of shit bot calls the Associated Press a leftist outlet. It’s just blatant propaganda for the right wing extremists that attempts to shift the Overton Window of what is normal while cloaking itself in a veneer of “objective truth”.

        It also has the funny side effect of directly admitting that right wingers are not based in facts and reality.