Angry Senator's brother calls B.S. on JD Vance's attack on Tim Walz
Source: NJ.com
By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Scott Kelly is having none of JD Vance’s “stolen valor” attacks against Tim Walz for not having gone to Iraq despite serving more than two decades in the National Guard.
Kelly, a former Navy captain and the identical twin of U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, took to X to rail against Donald Trump’s running mate after Vance had a lengthy takedown of Walz on the campaign trail. He accused Kamala Harris’s running mate of having “abandoned” his unit in 2005 ahead of a planned deployment to Iraq and instead opted to run for Congress.
“He has not spent a day in a combat zone,” Vance said. “What bothers me about Tim Walz is the stolen valor garbage. Do not pretend to be something that you’re not.”
Scott Kelly clapped back:
“You know what really bothers me @JDVance, is when you attack a fellow veterans military service. I respect your service and the service of @GovTimWalz and all of those honorably discharged. He was eligible for retirement after 24 years and submitted his retirement paperwork before his unit received orders (or even warning orders) to deploy and then he continued his service as a member of congress,” Scott Kelly said.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/08/angry-senators-brother-calls-bs-on-jd-vances-attack-on-tim-walz.html

erronis
(18,636 posts)swung by a group they shouldn't want to offend.
yardwork
(66,013 posts)Reminding voters that rich guy Trump got a medical deferment is not a winning position.
Irish_Dem
(67,091 posts)Makes no sense to take on the US military community.
yardwork
(66,013 posts)It's a fail all around. Kerry was vulnerable to the lies about his service because he had protested against the Vietnam War after serving. Also, at that time the Republicans rolled out a whole strategy, complete with supposed witnesses, books, a film.
This is a different time, different war, different candidates. To accuse a veteran of stolen valor because he retired after 24 years is ridiculous, comes off as hysterical.
Team Trump are amateurs and it shows. Vance wasn't ready for prime time.
Irish_Dem
(67,091 posts)Trump's campaign staff, where are they?
Why are they re-cycling old tactics which are no longer workable in today's setting?
To me it looks like there is no campaign staff or they are just phoning it in?
Did Trump pocket all the campaign budget?
Does the staff know it is over?
Even Putin knows it is over.
yardwork
(66,013 posts)Irish_Dem
(67,091 posts)This would explain why it is all a Cluster-F at this point.
Irish_Dem
(67,091 posts)If it is really bad, we know the Trump campaign staff are AWOL.
Junior is in charge.
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)lemonade stand.
Marcuse
(8,253 posts)

calimary
(85,649 posts)JUST EXACTLY what we want, a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)TygrBright
(21,084 posts)Insulting an accomplishment like achieving the highest possible enlisted rank over 24 years' service cuts at the service of ALL Guard and Reserve personnel throughout the services. That's about 3/4 of a million active members and millions more retirees. And their families. And active-duty servicemembers who see guard and reserve service as important reinforcements and adjunct service providers.
Keep the dumb coming, GOPpies!
encouragingly,
Bright
FakeNoose
(37,045 posts)My God ... the nerve of them! The nerve of JD Vance!
BonnieJW
(2,836 posts)since Vance had a desk job in Iraq.
Irish_Dem
(67,091 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)Irish_Dem
(67,091 posts)
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)surfered
(5,819 posts)twodogsbarking
(13,127 posts)valleyrogue
(1,937 posts)what "stolen valor" is. It is a federal crime. He is accusing Walz of committing a federal crime. It is unbelievably stupid.
So much for Yale Law graduates being so-called "geniuses" just because they got into it. There are as many idiots from the Ivy League as elsewhere.
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Gore1FL
(22,351 posts)This is what Vance said:
Besides rising to th rank of General, McCaffrey earned Two Silver Stars, Three Purple Hearts, and commanded the "left hook" attack by the 24th Infantry Division in Desert Storm during his career.
Vance is a douchebag.
NBachers
(18,410 posts)bromeando
(100 posts)Vance lies just as much as Trump.
BoRaGard
(4,702 posts)republicons act like republicons
and they wonder why people see them as deplorable.
weird.
lees1975
(6,370 posts)then you have no business criticizing anyone who actually served.
shotten99
(680 posts)I’ve been furious with the Republicans for 20 years because of their bs in 2004. This just reopened an old wound.
Mr. Mustard 2023
(308 posts)about women with cats?
When Republicon J.D. Vance sees a woman with a cat, he hides behind Dear Leader because Vance is so, very afraid of women. And cats.