{"id":131391,"date":"2022-09-29T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=131391"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:49:06","slug":"majewski-demoted-for-driving-drunk-not-for-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=131391","title":{"rendered":"Majewski demoted for driving drunk, not for fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It appears that J.R. Majewski got in trouble for driving drunk, not for a fight as he previously claimed. He was stopped for driving drunk while on a US military base in Japan. He subsequently was punished and demoted. Majewski acknowledged this fact. However, as of the linked article, it did not look like Majeski explained the inconsistency between what actually occurred versus what his campaign claimed occurred. He wants to remind the audience that this incident happened over 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

From the Associated Press:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Majewski\u2019s campaign said last week that he was punished and demoted after getting in a \u201cbrawl\u201d in an Air Force dormitory in 2001. Military records obtained since then by The Associated Press, however, offer a different account of the circumstances, which military legal experts say would have played a significant role in the decision to bar him from reenlisting. They indicate Majewski\u2019s punishment and demotion were the result of him being stopped for driving drunk on a U.S. air base in Japan in September 2001.<\/p>\n

The documents, which were provided to the AP and independently authenticated, present yet another instance where the recorded history of Majewski\u2019s service diverges from what he has told voters as he campaigns while using his veteran status as a leading credential.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Majewski acknowledged that he was punished for drunken driving, though he didn\u2019t address why his campaign previously said his demotion was the result of a fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis mistake is now more than 20 years old. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve all done something as young adults that we look back on and wonder \u2018what was I thinking?\u2019 and I\u2019m sure our parents and grandparents share these sentiments,\u201d Majewski said.<\/p>\n

Since starting his campaign to unseat longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Majewski has repeatedly said he was a combat veteran who served a tour of duty under \u201ctough\u201d circumstances in Afghanistan. By his own account, he once went more than 40 days in the country without a shower due to a lack of running water.<\/p>\n

His story came under intense scrutiny last week when the AP, citing military documents obtained through public records requests, reported that he did not deploy to Afghanistan as he claimed, but instead spent six months based in Qatar, a longtime U.S. ally, where he helped load and unload aircraft.<\/p>\n

The latest revelation that Majewski was demoted for drunken driving adds another wrinkle. Last week, the AP asked Majewski\u2019s campaign why his military service records showed that he was not allowed to reenlist in the Air Force and left the service after four years at a rank that was one notch above where he started.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Associated Press has additional details here<\/a>. Thanks to the ninjas that pointed to this story.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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