Is not it great to finally have a president who calls it like it is?
Yesterday 100Percent FedUp reported that President Donald Trump did just that when he called
out Senator Richard Blumenthal over his lifetime of lies.
"Senator Richard Blumenthal must talk about his fraudulent service in Vietnam," Trump
tweeted, "where for 12 years he told the people of Connecticut, as their Attorney General,
that he was a great Marine War Hero.
Talked about his many battles of near death, but was never in Vietnam.
Total Phony!"
Senator Richard Blumenthal must talk about his fraudulent service in Vietnam, where for
12 years he told the people of Connecticut, as their Attorney General, that he was a great
Marine War Hero.
Talked about his many battles of near death, but was never in Vietnam.
Total Phony!
The senator had it coming, and President Trump is the perfect person to deliver it.
Here is more on Blumenthal and his lies via Heavy:
"1.
The New York Times Reported in 2010 That Blumenthal Lied About Vietnam Service in a Speech
With his tweets, President Trump is referring to a situation that unfolded during the 2010
U.S. Senate elections, when Richard Blumenthal was running against Linda McMahon.
In May 2010, The New York Times reported that Blumenthal said in a 2008 speech, "We have
learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam."
But as the Times reported, Blumenthal did not actually serve in Vietnam as he suggests
there; he received five military deferments from 1965 to 1970.
The Times also noted that Blumenthal took repeated steps to avoid going to Vietnam.
Blumenthal actually served in the Marine Reserve beginning in 1970, joining a unit in Washington
and working on projects like fixing campgrounds and organizing toy drives.
So technically he was serving while the Vietnam War was happening, but he himself did not
serve in Vietnam.
"…[W]hat is striking about Mr. Blumenthal's record is the contrast between the many steps
he took that allowed him to avoid Vietnam, and the misleading way he often speaks about
that period of his life now, especially when he is speaking at veterans' ceremonies or
other patriotic events," The New York Times reported.
2.
He Also Reportedly Talked in a 2003 Speech About 'Returning Home' From Vietnam
After The New York Times ran its story, journalists and political opponents immediately began
searching for other examples of Blumenthal lying about his military service.
One that came up was from 2003, when Blumenthal suggested in a speech that he was among those
who "returned home" from Vietnam, according to The Day.
Later, a post on the campaign website of Linda McMahon suggested that her opposition researchers
had passed along tape of Blumenthal's 2008 speech to The New York Times, according to
Politico.
However, The New York Times said that they did not receive the video from McMahon.
The New York Times' original report also refers to a speech Blumenthal gave to a crowd
of military families gathered to support troops overseas.
Blumenthal said, "When we returned, we saw nothing like this.
Let us do better by this generation of men and women."
That clearly suggests that he includes himself among the group of troops "returning"
from Vietnam, but in reality, he was never there.
3.
Critics Argued the 2008 Quote Was Taken Out of Context
After The New York Times reported on the 2008 speech, Politico reported that the article
was missing some vital context: that Blumenthal had said towards the beginning of that same
speech that he "served in the military during the Vietnam era in the Marine Corps," which
is an accurate characterization.
In addition, The Day reported that after viewing years of Blumenthal speeches and political
debates, they found that he typically specified that his service was in the Marine Corps Reserve,
and in some instances he explicitly said he did not serve in Vietnam.
On one such occasion reported by The Day, Blumenthal said during a Democratic primary
debate, "Although I did not serve in Vietnam, I have seen first-hand the effects of military
action."
The statements reported on by outlets like The New York Times and The Day were certainly
not truthful, then, but it's not as if Blumenthal was trying spin an elaborate lie, as the fact
that he served in the Marine Corps and not in Vietnam was something he typically mentioned
in his speeches.
4.
Blumenthal Said That He Misspoke on a Few Occasions
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