Dick “Da Nang” Blumenthal loves to speak Latin, he must be waiting for the FBI investigation to be over before he busts out some slang Austroasiatic language he learned while in the bush. <\/p>\n
At last week\u2019s fiery hearing probing sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal lectured the Supreme Court nominee on the implications of telling even a single lie. <\/p>\n
\u201cFalsus in uno, falsus in omnibus,\u201d Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Kavanaugh, reciting a Latin phrase. \u201cIt means ‘False in one thing, false in everything.’\u201d <\/p>\n
But Blumenthal\u2019s own difficult history with the truth is coming back to haunt him amid the Kavanaugh fight, with President Trump and Republican senators slamming him for inflating his military service during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
In the 2000s, when Blumenthal served as Connecticut\u2019s attorney general, he began to claim that he served in the Vietnam War. Blumenthal, repeatedly, has touted his experience during the war. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we returned [from Vietnam], we saw nothing like this,\u201d Blumenthal reportedly said in 2003. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have learned something important since the days I served in Vietnam,\u201d The New York Times quoted Blumenthal as saying in 2008. <\/p>\n
\u201cI served during the Vietnam era,\u201d Blumenthal reportedly said at a Vietnam War memorial in 2008. \u201cI remember the taunts, the insults, sometimes even the physical abuse.\u201d <\/p>\n
But Blumenthal didn\u2019t serve in Vietnam. He reportedly obtained at least five military deferments between 1965 and 1970. He eventually served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, but did not deploy to Vietnam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
President Trump takes another swing at Dick.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have the great Vietnam War hero\u2014who didn\u2019t go to Vietnam\u2014[Sen. Richard] Blumenthal,\u201d Trump said at a rally Monday evening. \u201cHow about Blumenthal? We call him \u2018Da Nang Blumenthal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor 15 years as the attorney general of Connecticut, he went around telling war stories,\u201d Trump said. \u201c\u2019People dying left and right\u2014but my platoon marched forward!\u2019 He was never in Vietnam. It was a lie. And then he\u2019s up there saying, \u2018We want the truth from Judge Kavanaugh.\u2019 And you\u2019re getting the truth from Judge Kavanaugh.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Senator Cotton also chimed in.<\/p>\n
Amid the hearing, though, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, hit Blumenthal for his credibility. <\/p>\n
\u201c.@SenBlumenthal lied for years about serving in Vietnam, which is all you need to know about his courage & honesty. Maybe he should reconsider before questioning Judge Kavanaugh\u2019s credibility,\u201d Cotton tweeted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Dick speaks.<\/p>\n
During the Kavanaugh hearing, Blumenthal said \u201cthe core of why we are here today really is credibility.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Blumenthal\u2019s office did not immediately respond to Fox News\u2019 request for comment. Shocking. Dick Blumenthal is part of the swamp that needs drained. Dick has zero credibility.<\/p>\n
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