{"id":130986,"date":"2022-09-22T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=130986"},"modified":"2022-09-21T19:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T23:34:14","slug":"stolen-valor-alleged-against-ohio-gop-house-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=130986","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Valor alleged against Ohio GOP House Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to an AP article, J.R. Majewski has been falsely presenting himself to voters on a variety of subjects, including his “combat service in Afghanistan” which they say was actually a TDY in Qatar.<\/p>\n

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Military documents obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request tell a different story.<\/p>\n

They indicate Majewski never deployed to Afghanistan but instead completed a six-month stint helping to load planes at an air base in Qatar, a longtime U.S. ally that is a safe distance from the fighting.<\/p>\n

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Still, thanks to an unflinching allegiance to former President Donald Trump \u2014 Majewski once painted a massive Trump mural on his lawn \u2014 he also stands a chance of defeating longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur<\/a> in a district recently redrawn to favor Republicans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to have served my country,\u201d Majewski said in the statement. \u201cMy accomplishments and record are under attack, meanwhile, career politician Marcy Kaptur has a forty-year record of failure for my Toledo community, which is why I\u2019m running for Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout his campaign Majewski has offered his Air Force service as a valuable credential. The tagline \u201cveteran for Congress\u201d appears on campaign merchandise. He ran a Facebook ad promoting himself as \u201ccombat veteran.\u201d And in a campaign video released this year, Majewski marauds through a vacant factory with a rifle while pledging to restore an America that is \u201cindependent and strong like the country I fought for.\u201d<\/p>\n

More recently, the House Republican campaign committee released a biography that describes Majewski as a veteran whose \u201csquadron was one of the first on the ground in Afghanistan after 9\/11.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like talking about my military experience,\u201d he said in a 2021 interview on the One American Podcast after volunteering that he served one tour of duty in Afghanistan. \u201cIt was a tough time in life. You know, the military wasn\u2019t easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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AP says they filed for Majewski’s info under the FOIA and found that the bulk of his service was at Kadena AFB in Japan, and that he went to Qatar for 6 months as a \u201cpassenger operations specialist,\u201d they say. Supporting evidence they give is that he has no ASfghan service medal, not even the cherished GWOT. (Dunno about the NDSM, guys.)<\/p>\n

The article basically presents a pattern of exaggeration and evasion, from presenting himself as an executive when his job description did not match that, to how he denies being a QAnon supporter but retweets\/resends their allegations. While obviously written by someone on the left side of the bus, the allegations indicate that when Majewski may be running as a Republican newbie, he lies and exaggerates like a seasoned politician. Interesting read.<\/p>\n

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