 "When I said I served in 'Vietnam', I meant to say I served in 'Vitamin Shoppes'", said Senator Blooming-lies of Connecticut. |
Posted on 10/01/2018 2:31:06 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
MSNBC anchor Katy Tur defended Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) from President Trump's criticism this week, saying the senator "took full responsibility for what he called a few misplaced words" regarding his false claim that he served in Vietnam.
The defense comes as President Trump argued Monday that his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, was treated unfairly by Democratic senators and specifically Blumenthal during testimony before the Supreme Court Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
“Look at Blumenthal. Lied about Vietnam for 15 years, and he said he was a war hero,” Trump said to reporters in the Rose Garden. “He said he was Da Nang Richard.”
“He says we need honesty and we need integrity," Trump continued. "This guy lied. When he was the attorney general of Connecticut, he lied. I do not mean a little bit.”
After Tur played the clip of Trump's remarks on Blumenthal, she ran a fact check on their veracity.
"[Let's] fact check on what he said about Senator Blumenthal," Tur said on Monday afternoon during her MSNBC news hour. "He was claiming that Senator Blumenthal said that he served in Da Nang in Vietnam and bragged about serving in Da Nang in Vietnam but was lying about it and got caught about lying about it."
"Senator Blumenthal did say in 2010, according to a New York Times article from back then, that he served in Vietnam. Not that he served in Da Nang or any particular province, that he served in Vietnam," she continued.
"When he was confronted with the fact that he didn’t actually serve in Vietnam, he was only in the Marine reserve at time, he said, 'I meant the Vietnam era,' but took full responsibility for what he called a few misplaced words," Tur concluded.
Blumenthal's false Vietnam service claims came on eight different occasions over the course of the previous decade from 2003 to 2008, according to multiple other fact-checks, including in March 2008 when the then-Connecticut attorney general spoke at a ceremony honoring veterans.
“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Blumenthal said in Norwalk, Conn., at the time. “And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support.”
In 2003, Blumenthal said of soldiers returning from the Iraq War at a rally attended by 100 military families that, "When we returned [from Vietnam], we saw nothing like this. Let us do better by this generation of men and women.”
In 2010, Blumenthal, who received five military deferments before enlisting in the Marine Reserves, said he may have "misspoken" about his service but would not allow "anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country.”
“On a few occasions I have misspoken about my service, and I regret that and I take full responsibility,” Blumenthal said at news conference at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Hartford, Conn. “But I will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country.”
The corrupt ‘press’ is known for lying for liberal elites - it’s one of many reason people don’t trust them.... Katy Tur is just being true to form.
He and that other shameless liar horseface Kerry must tell each other some real good lies when they get together.
I could not believe when Blumenthal used that saying. Not only did he open up for a retort regarding his own weak hold on truth, ie lying regarding his military service, but when he uttered those words it was quite clear that dr CBF had been telling untruths regarding her fear of flying. But so far no senator, no media person that I have seen has attacked him with his own words. Pathetic!
They killed a lot of gooks until they decided that perhaps the gooks were communists...and actually were following the right ideology.
Okay, they didn't really meet up in Vietnam...but they have a dream in which they did.
And in postmodernism, a dream is as good as reality.
Just like transgenderism...if you feel like a woman, you are a woman.
Well, John Kerry, Jane Fonda, and Richard Blumenthal all believed they were heroes in Vietnam.
So I guess that's our new reality.
If you like it, you can get a swift boat under your command...or you can be a movie star...or a senator.
All this and still stay right there in your basement.
Anybody know what the “Da Nang” reference is from? (Beside Da Nang being in then S. Vietnam.)
Like the difference between playing baseball in the park, and playing baseball in Candlestick Park (back when it was the Giants stadium).
Really? You *did* serve.It *was* the Vietnam era.And making such a statement isn't an attempt to deceive or to appear to be heroic.Whenever anyone asks me about my service I always tell the truth by saying "the most dangerous thing I ever did in uniform was to eat Army chow".
But you're certainly entitled to adopt that position if you wish.
bob tur in drag physically assaulted then threatened Ben Shapiro in an interview (available in YT).
Shapiro should have had him arrested then sued him.
However,although I served 6 years (active and Reserves) during the Vietnam era,I was never ordered anywhere near SE Asia and have never "misplaced words" to suggest that I had.
Never!
Similarly, in 4 years of USAF active duty at the height of the Vietnam war, I was never boots down in country. ( I WAS in "theater", just not in VN), and the aircraft that I worked on as a technician on the ground did fly active missions over Vietnam.
I have never misplaced any words about claiming to being a Vietnam Vet, because I wasn't. To do so would be to steal honor of those who are or were Vietnam Vets, and I will not and cannot steal honor.
Mister Blumenthal is an honor thief, attempts to bask in the high esteem with which we recognize the courage and sacrifice of those who earned it; and then when caught, bluemthal LIES about it.
Weasel.
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"When I said I served in 'Vietnam', I meant to say I served in 'Vitamin Shoppes'", said Senator Blooming-lies of Connecticut. |
My cousin was killed near Binh Dinh in 1970. I was a few years late for VN but went through college with a bunch of vets from that era. There was no doubt which ones were there and which ones were VN era vets. One friend (Steve) always said that he was one of those that wasn’t in Cambodia.......at least not officially!
So sorry.....premature posting. I meant to say ‘just goes to show you what being a Democrat can do to your soul’.
bttt
In 1970, with his last deferment in jeopardy, he landed a coveted spot in the Marine Reserve, which virtually guaranteed that he would not be sent to Vietnam. He joined a unit in Washington that conducted drills and other exercises and focused on local projects, like fixing a campground and organizing a Toys for Tots drive.
How can you misspeak about serving in Vietnam with his work above in Washington.
Yeah a real gem.
“When I served DURING Vietnam,” would have been the truth - short-hand for “during the Vietnam era.” But “When I served IN Vietnam,” is an outright lie.
Bloomersthal is Jane Fonda’s twin and queer John Kerry’s butt buddy...He truly represents the communist state of CT...
Blumenthal is a serial liar with no respect for the Military.
He can’t be removed but who he is and what he stands for speaks volumes about the people that elect him.
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