{"id":142084,"date":"2023-06-01T06:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=142084"},"modified":"2023-06-01T06:50:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:50:03","slug":"candidate-who-lied-about-military-record-drops-out-of-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=142084","title":{"rendered":"Candidate Who Lied About Military Record Drops Out of Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JR Majewski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just when you thought you’ve heard the last from him, JR Majewski is back in the news.<\/p>\n

Republican Who Lied About Military Record Drops 2024 Bid<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Cameren Barnes | Jun 1, 2023<\/p>\n

A Republican congressional candidate accused of misrepresenting his military record has dropped out of the race for Ohio\u2019s 9th Congressional District. Pro-Trump Republican JR Majewski cited his mother\u2019s ailing health in a statement that also revealed his father died during the last election cycle, when Majewski lost the district Republicans were favored in to Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur by 13 points, per Politico. The Air Force veteran who was at the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, had been among Republican candidates who \u201cput Trump\u2019s false claims of a stolen election front and center in their campaigns, helping them get through contested primaries but putting them at a disadvantage with independents in the general election,\u201d per NBC News.<\/p>\n

His 2022 campaign was hit with an AP report revealing Majewski was barred from reenlisting in the Air Force after four years following a drunk driving incident on a US air base in Japan in 2001. The AP also found Majewski had repeatedly lied about being a \u201ccombat veteran\u201d who served in Afghanistan. According to the report, Majewski never deployed to Afghanistan but spent six months loading and unloading aircraft in Qatar, a US ally. Majewski continued to claim that he served in Afghanistan and that his flights to the country were \u201cclassified.\u201d But \u201cthere\u2019s no junior enlisted air transportation specialist who was doing something so secret that 20 years later it still needs to be classified,\u201d countered a former Air Force master sergeant who investigates \u201cstolen valor\u201d cases.<\/p>\n

The reports hurt Majewski\u2019s chances. But \u201cothers on the ground in the district complained about what they saw as a lazy and undisciplined campaign that failed to activate grassroots voters and take advantage of Kaptur\u2019s weaknesses,\u201d per NBC. Majewski launched his second attempt at the congressional seat in April, though House Republicans \u201cwere not eager to see Majewski try again,\u201d per Politico. \u201cThis is one of the hardest decisions I\u2019ve ever had to make,\u201d the 42-year-old wrote in an email to supporters on Tuesday, announcing his decision to withdraw. He said his mother was due to undergo triple bypass surgery and he planned to help in her recovery. \u201cBut don\u2019t fret, I love this country too much to stay idle,\u201d he added, per the Daily Beast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Translation: We haven’t seen the last of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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