Posted on 10/17/2022 3:09:30 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Portland, Oregon, City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, an embattled far-left police-defunder, tends to mention her service in the U.S. Navy at the top of her personal backstory.
“[R]ight out of high school, I joined the Navy, and I loved it. I was stationed in the Philippines, working in the personnel office, and then had the opportunity to be on board ship. In fact, I was one of the first women to go on board ships,” her bio on the City of Portland website reads.
On that profile, it lists her as “Petty Officer Third Class, US Navy, USS Samuel Gompers 1978 – 1983.” That’s a vast overestimation of her service, according to a man who spoke before the Portland City Council last week — and the point had Hardesty walking out of the meeting.
According to The Post Millennial, the speaker — identified as Philip Tobias, who said he was a veteran — told the council he’d emailed Hardesty’s office “seeking clarification about some discrepancies” in her self-reported service record.
He said he hadn’t heard back even though he’d gotten responses from her on other occasions.
So, he filed a Freedom of Information Act request for her military records.
While she was listed as serving aboard the USS Samuel Gompers from 1978 to 1983, he noted, a Portland Mercury endorsement of Hardesty in 2018 said “your campaign had given them paperwork. They said you were honorably discharged in 1979 before continuing in the reserves into 1984.”
All of that is a lie,” the man said. “So, I’m just wondering what information you actually gave the Portland Mercury?”
“That’s not the only misinformation I found,” he continued. “In other interviews and on the city’s website you have said you served aboard the Samuel Gompers from 1978 to 1983.”
“As I said, I have your military records. That’s a lie. You served aboard for 13 months.”
On Twitter, an account that appears to belong to the man who appeared before the council — he was retweeted on the matter by conservative activist Andy Ngô, who has covered both Portland and Hardesty extensively on his social media accounts — said his FOIA request revealed Hardesty had only served aboard the Gompers from December of 1981 to January of 1983.
Democrats lie and/or embellish. This is news to anyone?
Reminds me of John Kerry.
How many of OUR planes did she destroy?
In a normal city with standards she would be removed for providing false information. She is despicable.
Fags, trans and women should not be in our military. If women want to serve they can be in something like a ladies nurse auxiliary. It would solve a lot of problems.
Of course democrats LIE, its what they do.
VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT.
Hardesty perfectly represents her constituents. Let that sink in.
Lying and embellishing goes right along with election cheating, fraud and plagiarism (straight from the top) with the dems.
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His own crew fragged the bass turd....because he was dangerous to his crew. Because he was unqualified for the job. His crews hated him....
I found that rang very true to me......
She looka like a man …
Democrats lie when the truth would serve them better.
It’s in their genes.
It’s no wonder they can follow a man like Biden, and the
terrible policies the DNC have endorsed over and over.
Their flagship move, is to declare that the Republicans
are doing something terrible, that only the Democrats
have been doing. It would be laughable if it wasn’t
such a disgusting practice.
That guy definitely sounds like Rain Man. Definitely.
Shame her unceasingly.
The only appropriate response upon seeing that pic is: “Got Dayum! Is that thing even human?”
Are you SURE that’s a HUMAN?
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