jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoVeterans groups hit back at J.D. Vance for claiming Tim Walz had 'stolen valor'www.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1420arrow-down16
arrow-up1414arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareSilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up101·3 months 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-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up49·3 months agoIt’s not like Walz stomps around demanding that people call him Sarnt Major or lies about having a purple heart either.
minus-squareCerbero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·3 months agoAnd an officer saying an enlisted has stolen valor won’t help either.
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months 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.
It’s not like Walz stomps around demanding that people call him Sarnt Major or lies about having a purple heart either.
And an officer saying an enlisted has stolen valor won’t help either.
If veterans are voting for Trump then what he says about them must be true