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House Democrat compares Walz attacks to ‘Swift Boat ----‑‑‑’ against Kerry
The Hill ^ | 08/09/2024 | Lauren Irwin

Posted on 08/09/2024 8:50:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) said Thursday that attacks on Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) over his military service reminded her of the infamous Swift Boat attacks against former Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) during his run for president in 2004.

Sherrill told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that she felt compelled to speak out about the military accusations against Walz, who served more than two decades in the Army National Guard, because they are “so incredibly offensive.”

“It’s reminiscent of the Swift Boat bulls— that Senator Kerry faced in his election. We’re seeing the same type of people trying to reignite this same kind of slanderous campaign against a man who served for 24 years in the National Guard,” she said Thursday.

Sherrill, who is a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, also defended Walz’s record in a post on X. She called the attacks on his military background “a disgrace,” but said it’s the “same old divisive show” from former President Trump.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democract; jackbootwalz; kerry; swiftboard; walz
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Right over target...
1 posted on 08/09/2024 8:50:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Accurate and effective attacks on a morally bankrupt candidate.


2 posted on 08/09/2024 8:51:40 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (And yet we have the morally inverted allahu akhbar chorus at FR on the pro-barbarism side!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So let’s quote Harry Reid: “It worked, didn’t it?”


3 posted on 08/09/2024 8:52:41 AM PDT by LizzieD
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I compared it to the Swift Boat attacks against Kerry as soon as I heard it. And it should be just as effective.

One of the things that caused me to stop listening to Bill Oreiley was when he came down on the Swift boat story as nonsense. That was when I realized he was trying to hang on to his “thinking moderate” persona way too hard.


4 posted on 08/09/2024 8:52:43 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The way the dems are dragging their obscure veteran traitor members out of the woodwork for this, it will probably be as successful as the Swift Boat thing was with Kerry.


5 posted on 08/09/2024 8:54:50 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Big difference! While Kerry got several of his Purple Hearts under dubious conditions, at least he actually was in a War Zone and didn't make baldface lies about his service. Walz just made up tales to enhance his record for political gain!
6 posted on 08/09/2024 8:56:28 AM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom line")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

meaning....its all true


7 posted on 08/09/2024 8:56:32 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

not slander when it’s true


8 posted on 08/09/2024 8:56:37 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: ChicagoConservative27

democrats sending the message of “always dispute the truth”.


9 posted on 08/09/2024 8:56:58 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t think he realizes how correct this is. F’kerry was swiftboated because he lied and threw his medals. Now, Tampon Tim lies about his military service. This is the demonrat party.


10 posted on 08/09/2024 8:57:14 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, and how about the hit jobs on Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, Sarah Palin, Mike Pence.

How about those??


11 posted on 08/09/2024 8:59:34 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mikie “I Know Nothin” Sherill from New Joysey (Never heard of anything with that “identity”) Reportin’ for Doody to save Queen Kamalalala’s ass.


12 posted on 08/09/2024 8:59:55 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you liked the Joe Pedo show, you're going to love the Jamaican Queen's "White Dude" Job Corp.show)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Communist scumbag cowards, both of them. Why should it not look the same?


13 posted on 08/09/2024 9:00:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The SWIFTIES WERE RIGHT ABOUT KERRY!


14 posted on 08/09/2024 9:02:28 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kerry was actually “awarded” (verb intentional) purple hearts.

He didn’t like

Waltz is just a liar who claimed to be a combat veteran when he never left the lower 48 states.


15 posted on 08/09/2024 9:02:54 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

like = lie


16 posted on 08/09/2024 9:03:17 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MtnClimber

This guy fled his National Guard Unit when they got Iraq deploy orders.


17 posted on 08/09/2024 9:03:23 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: ExSES

“...baldface lies about his service.”


Christmas in Cambodia is seared into my memory?


18 posted on 08/09/2024 9:07:08 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What to do when the truth offends you???


19 posted on 08/09/2024 9:09:24 AM PDT by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat FARMED FISH.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, Democrats just hate it when you contradict their fairy-tale narratives with facts.


20 posted on 08/09/2024 9:09:55 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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