PRICELESS! Trump Dropped Crushing Anvil On 'Total Phony' Sen. Blumenthal For Faking
Vietnam Service
Isn't 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!"
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
Blumenthal responded to the controversy by saying that he did indeed misspeak on a few
occasions, but he denied that he intentionally lied about Vietnam service.
"I may have misspoken, I did misspeak on a few occasions out of hundreds that I have
attended (in honor of the military)…I regret that I misspoke," Blumenthal said during
a press conference, according to Politico.
He went on to say that he was "unaware of those misplaced words when they were spoken."
During the press conference, Blumenthal was also asked why he didn't correct the record
when news articles referred to him as serving in Vietnam.
He responded, "There were a few articles, not many.
I am responsible for my own statements….I can't be responsible for all the articles,
I may not even have seen them.
….sometimes journalists do make mistakes."
5.
He Took a Hit in the Polls After the Story But Still Won the Election Easily
Richard Blumenthal had been ahead of Linda McMahon in the polls throughout much of the
2010 election cycle, but immediately after the Vietnam story broke, his lead over her
began to shrink.
As reported by Talking Points Memo at the time, a poll conducted before The New York
Times published its report showed Blumenthal ahead of McMahon 52 percent to 39 percent.
But in a poll conducted immediately after the scandal, Blumenthal was ahead of McMahon
by just three points, 48 percent to 45 percent.
Still, Blumenthal was able to bounce back from the controversy and easily win the election;
he was elected with 55 percent of the vote compared to Linda McMahon's 43 percent."
Yes, and this man easily getting reelected shows you either the American voter is awfully
misinformed or they just don't care.
Both of which are frightening prospects.
Blumenthal loves to take Republicans apart while he himself is a bonafide liar.
Just like Maxine Water's corruption and instigation of violence against the right
it goes unmentioned and unpunished because the left owns the media.
And when the right fights back they brand us as racists, bigots and Nazis just because
we offer a point of view which differs from their own.
Blumenthal should not be reelected, in fact, he should have been recalled and kicked out
of office.
But because he is a leftist and they have the support of their media they know perfectly
well that there will be no price to pay for any left winger who gets caught doing anything
they aren't supposed to be doing.
And if you don't believe me just consider the fact that Ted Kennedy was responsible
for the death of a young woman and he had a lifetime senate seat and was considered
"The Lion of the Senate" by the left, their media, and even his good friend, the
late Senator John McCain!
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