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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 12:07 PM Feb 2016

Ted Cruz’s Campaign Chair Resigns After Revelations He Lied About Military Service

This same guy visited the armed occupation at Malheur, he's a #BundyTeaParty member.

Ted Cruz’s Campaign Chair Resigns After Revelations He Lied About Military Service

A Republican lawmaker who’s serving as chairman of Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign in Washington state has resigned over accusations that he exaggerated his military record and lied about serving in the Marines and being wounded in combat.

State Rep. Graham Hunt (R-Orting) said in a statement posted Tuesday evening that it’s “with a heavy heart” he was stepping down effective immediately, citing “substantial media attention” devoted to “inconsistencies in the records of my military service,” The Seattle Times reports.

Hunt’s resignation follows questions regarding his military career after it was revealed that a doctored picture was posted on his Facebook page ...
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Ted Cruz’s Campaign Chair Resigns After Revelations He Lied About Military Service (Original Post) L. Coyote Feb 2016 OP
I wish this would hurt Ted. I tell you I hate him! yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #1
Hate is a mild word here malaise Feb 2016 #2
True. There are few I dispise, hate, any worse word but he is one yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #4
+1,000 malaise Feb 2016 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Mendocino Feb 2016 #3
Alas, it's only his Washington state chair KamaAina Feb 2016 #6
Oh, I like that: "Inconsistencies in the records" gratuitous Feb 2016 #7
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. I wish this would hurt Ted. I tell you I hate him!
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 12:10 PM
Feb 2016

He is a snake and doesn't apologize for wrong doing. What he did to dr Carson should be a crime. RNC should suspend his campaign.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
4. True. There are few I dispise, hate, any worse word but he is one
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 12:19 PM
Feb 2016

I literally want to throw something at the tv when he's on. I honestly don't feel that way with many. Even trump is just a joke to me. But Cruz......gross creep.

malaise

(269,020 posts)
5. +1,000
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 12:23 PM
Feb 2016

Trump has some use when he exposes ReTHUGs and M$Greedia.
He's a racist fascist and the sort of human I avoid.

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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
6. Alas, it's only his Washington state chair
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 01:20 PM
Feb 2016

When I saw that headline on FB, I exulted prematurely in the impending implosion of yet another Iowa repuke caucus winner.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. Oh, I like that: "Inconsistencies in the records"
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 01:43 PM
Feb 2016

Is that like "Mistakes were made"? The Party of Personal Responsibility strikes again.

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