Hilarious! Republicans Swift Boated Themselves Attacking Warren!

[DrFunkenstein]

An ex-U.S. Marine infantryman, who claims to be a combat veteran of the Afghanistan war, is involved in a far-right plot to smear Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts with claims of being in a long-term sexual affair with the 2020 presidential hopeful. The U.S. Marine Corps told Newsweek he did not deploy to Afghanistan.

In a bizarre press conference held on the porch footsteps of a residential neighborhood, Kelvin Ty Whelly said he was a "United States combat veteran" and had deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, an infantry unit out of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed to Newsweek on Friday that Whelly is a ex-Marine and served with the infantry unit in Hawaii as a machine gunner; However, the former lance corporal does not have any overseas deployments.

Whelly spoke before a crowd of hecklers and few reporters on Thursday flanked by Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman. The two men engage in far-right conspiracy theories and are known to perpetuate false sexual assault claims against political candidates or individuals perceived to be working against President Donald Trump.

Earlier in the day before the porch press conference, Wohl said Whelly was a "USMC Combat Veteran who earned a Purple Heart in Afghanistan." Both Wohl and Burkman have described Whelly as a "decorated combat veteran."

The Purple Heart Medal is awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are wounded or killed by an enemy force. It is specifically a combat decoration.

During the press conference when asked about receiving the Purple Heart amid shouts of "stolen valor," Whelly said, "I do not have a Purple Heart, even if you're wounded you have to put in for a Purple Heart."

https://www.newsweek.com/ex-marine-who-claimed-sexual-involvement-elizabeth-warren-lied-about-military-service-corps-says-1463271

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Ka-Boomski!!!

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Madame DuBois, there's a young man outside with a Purple Heart on

I don't care what color it is, let him in! One of our girls can take care of it.

[sarge43]

3. Pssst, Whelly.

You do understand that you just put yourself on the shit list of every real combat veteran.

You're a lying stolen valor scum bag.

[2_heal_my_country]

4. Not his only lie

He works as an escort

He is paid for sex and also is a professional liar. The escort service he claimed he worked for, said he never worked for them because he did not meet their standards. He is nothing but a male streetwalker. How could the people who paid him, think this story would ever be credible. The supporters of Trump are really getting desperate.

[dsc]

5. I am not sure being paid for sex equates with being a professional liar

[2_heal_my_country]

7. Being a professional liar is lower

then being a prostitute.

[Iggo]

14. Hooking is honest work.

[corbettkroehler]

6. As Senator Warren Stated, Trump Supporters Are Nervous

The fact that that senior senator from Massachusetts just outraised the last sitting Vice President of the United States by many millions of dollars in 2019Q3 has a whole lot of people trembling on both sides of the aisle.

[LAS14]

8. How did this stupid claim ever make it to MSM? Can just any crazy...

... person say any crazy thing and have it reported in national news magazines?

tia
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[DrFunkenstein]

10. Trump is a Fan Who Retweets Him

They've spoken a few times, as well.

[dgauss]

9. That press conference was like open mike night at some kind of GOP sleaze club.

[boomer_wv]

11. Grifters.

When Jacob Wohl is involved, it's best just to wait a few minutes. It is going to be a terrible planned and worse executed grift that will fail in spectacular fashion almost immediately.

[DrFunkenstein]

12. I Sometimes Think He is a Left-Winger Doing a Borat

Comedy gold!

[boomer_wv]

13. Yes.

That explains all the time he spends in hipster coffee shops. Lol