The National Republican Congressional Committee is killing $1 million worth of ads for GOP House candidate J.R. Majewski after he was caught in a lie about serving in Afghanistan after 9/11.
The National Republican Congressional Committee is yanking $1 million in ads for Ohio GOP House candidate J.R. Majewski after it was revealed his claims about serving in Afghanistan after 9/11 were false., which obtained military documents that contradict the candidate’s campaign trail claims of serving in Afghanistan during his time in the Air Force.
The military documents show that Majewski, who presents himself as a combat veteran, spent six months at an air base in Qatar, an American ally, helping to load planes and saw no active combat. J.R. Majewski was never deployed to Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, despite making the claim central to his campaign for Congress.“Veterans have done so much for this country and when you claim to have done what your brothers and sisters in arms actually did to build up your reputation, it is a disservice,” Don Christensen, a retired colonel and former chief prosecutor for the Air Force, told the AP.
Majewski speaking with veterans at the VFW Post 2529 Annual Corn Roast in Sandusky, Ohio on Aug. 20, 2022.Majewski, a strident Trump supporter, is running against longstanding Democratic incumbent Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, which has been recently redrawn to favor Republicans.
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