Brooke
Singman at FoxNews.com offers a piece on one of Judge Kavanaugh’s critics, Senator
Richard Blumenthal, who lied about serving in the Vietnam War.
At last
week’s 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.
“Falsus in uno, falsus in
omnibus,” Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Kavanaugh, reciting a Latin phrase. “It
means 'False in one thing, false in everything.'”
But Blumenthal’s 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.
In the 2000s, when
Blumenthal served as Connecticut’s attorney general, he began to claim that he
served in the Vietnam War. Blumenthal, repeatedly, has touted his experience
during the war.
But Blumenthal didn’t
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.
In the wake of Blumenthal
questioning Kavanaugh -- who faces multiple sexual assault or misconduct
allegations, which he denies -- Trump and fellow Republicans have not let
him forget his own past statements.
“You have the great
Vietnam War hero—who didn’t go to Vietnam—[Sen. Richard] Blumenthal,” Trump
said at a rally Monday evening. “How about Blumenthal? We call him ‘Da Nang
Blumenthal.”
… Amid the hearing,
though, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, hit
Blumenthal for his credibility.
“.@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’s
credibility,” Cotton tweeted.
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