jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoVeterans groups hit back at J.D. Vance for claiming Tim Walz had 'stolen valor'www.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down16
arrow-up1416arrow-down1external-linkVeterans groups hit back at J.D. Vance for claiming Tim Walz had 'stolen valor'www.rawstory.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareSilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up101·1 month agoFalsely accusing your opponent of stolen valor could very rapidly bite you in the ass when you piss off a bunch of veterans, a lot of whom would likely vote Republican.
minus-squareCerbero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 month agoAnd an officer saying an enlisted has stolen valor won’t help either.
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up49·1 month agoIt’s not like Walz stomps around demanding that people call him Sarnt Major or lies about having a purple heart either.
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoIf veterans are voting for Trump then what he says about them must be true
Falsely accusing your opponent of stolen valor could very rapidly bite you in the ass when you piss off a bunch of veterans, a lot of whom would likely vote Republican.
And an officer saying an enlisted has stolen valor won’t help either.
It’s not like Walz stomps around demanding that people call him Sarnt Major or lies about having a purple heart either.
If veterans are voting for Trump then what he says about them must be true