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Democratic Candidate's Dad Blows the Whistle on His Own Son, Accuses Him of Lying About Military Service
Western Journal ^ | 11/03/2022 | Jack Davis

Posted on 11/03/2022 2:12:20 PM PDT by DFG

The father of a Democrat running for a seat in the Washington state House of Representatives has accused his son of lying about his military service.

Brett Shavers is the father of 10th District candidate Clyde Shavers, who has claimed in his campaign that he served for eight years as a nuclear submarine officer, according to the Everett Herald.

The Herald said it spoke to the elder Shavers to ensure it was him who wrote a letter to Republican opponent Greg Gilday.

“I have told him not to do embellishments and exaggerations and it continued and continued, it just reached a point where it’s affecting everyone’s integrity and honesty,” Brett Shavers said by phone, according to the report.

The letter, which addressed multiple issues that Shavers had with his son’s campaign material, said “Clyde was never a submarine officer, not even for a day.”

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: ld10; shavers; washington; whidbey
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Dad's letter is at the bottom of the article.
1 posted on 11/03/2022 2:12:20 PM PDT by DFG
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The letter, which addressed multiple issues that Shavers had with his son’s campaign material, said “Clyde was never a submarine officer, not even for a day.”

Wow. Strange how no one in the media ever did their homework and came up with that information.

2 posted on 11/03/2022 2:14:57 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: DFG

It’s a big thing in the PNW area. The guy doesn’t even live in the district he wants to represent.


3 posted on 11/03/2022 2:15:02 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Walk In The Rain So Nobody Can See My Tears)
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To: DFG

Good for dad! Lying about military service is disgraceful.

Surprised Biden hasn’t claimed serving with the 101st Airborne.


4 posted on 11/03/2022 2:16:12 PM PDT by Kaiser8408a (u)
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To: DFG

Shame that Joe Biden didn’t have a dad like this.


5 posted on 11/03/2022 2:16:55 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: DFG; All

This is priceless:
Andrew Linton, Shavers’ campaign manager, said the candidate was commissioned as a submarine officer but served in a different capacity, according to comments in a KIRO-AM interview reported by My Northwest.

“He was commissioned as a submarine officer and completed portions of the training,” Linton said. “During this time, he realized that he was better suited on a different path in the United States Navy and transferred to public affairs.”


6 posted on 11/03/2022 2:17:45 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: Kaiser8408a

“Lying about military service is disgraceful.”

STOLEN VALOR: The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 makes it a crime for someone to claim they received certain medals to obtain money, property, or some other tangible benefit.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/258)

A “tangible benefit” would be taking a salary for a position he lied to achieve.


7 posted on 11/03/2022 2:21:01 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable, but discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

I guess he never received medals, but he’s lying to get a benefit.


8 posted on 11/03/2022 2:21:57 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable, but discouragement is a choice.)
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To: DFG

Sounds like President Retard making stuff up. Libtards enjoy being lied to they eat it up and ask for more


9 posted on 11/03/2022 2:22:41 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: DFG

Next thing you know he’ll be elected to the us senate just like DaNang Dick!


10 posted on 11/03/2022 2:22:42 PM PDT by CMSMC
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To: Kaiser8408a

Not the 101st but didn’t he tell the story of serving with the military for the invasion of the Bay of Pigs. That’s an awesome one!! /sarc


11 posted on 11/03/2022 2:23:13 PM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: DFG

And what a letter it is. His heart has to be breaking from having to author such a letter and my heart goes out to he and his wife. So sad!


12 posted on 11/03/2022 2:24:06 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Give him time.


13 posted on 11/03/2022 2:24:42 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Does Senator Dick Blumenthal know about this law?


14 posted on 11/03/2022 2:25:57 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: DFG

Many veterans are very intolerant of stolen valor, as reflected in the Swift Boat failures of John Kerry. And when that stolen valor is accompanied by disdain for that service and those who honorably served, it becomes intolerable.


15 posted on 11/03/2022 2:27:03 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Surprised Biden hasn’t claimed serving with the 101st Airborne.

Not YET, but don’t give him any ideas.

As far as the letter goes, his dad should be the one running for office, that this poor excuse for a POS. Notice it was the dems who put him up to running out of district because they thought he could win there.


16 posted on 11/03/2022 2:29:55 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: MayflowerMadam

From www. Archives.gov

While it may be morally reprehensible, it is usually not a crime. However, the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/258) makes it a crime for someone to claim they received certain medals to obtain money, property, or some other tangible benefit.

since the A-hole in question lied only about his service, It did not break the stolen Valor act. A supreme court upheld embellishment about one’s service or direct lying, was upheld as a first amendment right when it struck down the 2005 stolen valor act.


17 posted on 11/03/2022 2:30:42 PM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: DFG

Wow. That will leave a mark.


18 posted on 11/03/2022 2:32:27 PM PDT by KC Burke
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His campaign made an honest mistake.

He COMMANDS his wife to play the Beatles records “Yellow SUBMARINE” as well as “EIGHT Days A Week” for more than a YEAR now.


19 posted on 11/03/2022 2:33:35 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Biden fought with his son in the 101 while stationed in Iraq and witnessed his tragic ‘blowing up’...


20 posted on 11/03/2022 2:35:13 PM PDT by silent majority rising
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