Good day all. One thing that really enrages veterans are people claiming ranks and honors in the military that they aren’t entitled to. This is known as “Stolen Valor.” During the 2024 election, it came out that Govno Walz was claiming a military rank that he actually didn’t have.
We’ve also have Senator Richard Blumenthal, (Commie-Connecticut), who claimed he served in Vietnam when he never did. Now we have yet another Democrat claiming a rank she never achieved. Here are the details from the Washington Free Beacon:
She’s a rank fabulist.
Well, that’s a polite way to say this person is a flat out liar. But we’ll go with it for now.
New Jersey Democratic congresswoman Mikie Sherrill’s campaign has repeatedly inflated her rank in the United States Navy in fundraising emails, the Washington Free Beacon can reveal.
In more than 20 fundraising appeals during her time in Congress, Team Sherrill referred to the congresswoman as a lieutenant commander. That designation, however, is false, according to Sherrill’s Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty form, which clearly states she retired from the service as a lieutenant.
I’m a bit confused her. Did she retire, which is a minimum of 20 years active duty, unless someone is medically retired do to injuries sustained while on active duty, or did she just complete her term of enlistment and was discharged then? Retiring as a lieutenant, which in the army is a captain strikes me as odd. Of course, she could have been commissioned after spending a few years as an enlisted man/woman.
In any case, she’s claiming that she was a lieutenant commander which is the naval version of a major. This is exactly the same thing Tim Walz did in his campaigns for office, including Vice President. Now if he had never run for VP, there is a fair chance no one would have actually looked. Now, thanks to Govno’s Walz’s “Misrepresentation of the truth,” people are checking claims on both sides of the aisle. (Interesting that it seems to be the democrats who are doing this)
The misrepresentations came in the form of boilerplate language affixed to the end of emails.
“Mikie Sherrill was a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. Use of her military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Navy or the Department of Defense,” read the regular disclaimer.
Sherrill attended the United States Naval Academy and immediately signed up with the Navy after she graduated in 1994. She served there until 2003, according to her discharge form. In 2003, she was nominated to the rank of lieutenant commander, but was never confirmed, public records show.
So she served for 10 years? Then her actual rank makes sense. She also didn’t “Retire” from the navy. She was discharged once her enlistment was up and, I’m assuming, chose not to reenlist. By the way, being nominated does not mean being promoted. I believe that requires an act of congress, unless there are special circumstances. (Such as everyone above you dead or wounded in action), then I believe it would be a brevet promotion pending confirmation. (Those with actual military experience can and should correct me in the comments)
“Promoting yourself, especially as a political candidate, to a higher rank. It’s the most egregious thing that a military officer can do when you’re running for office,” Rob Maness, who spent 32 years in the Air Force before retiring as a colonel in 2011, told the Free Beacon.
Sherrill herself has been more cautious when listing her rank, using her correct title in public statements while running for Congress. “I left the Navy as a lieutenant after spending almost 10 years as a helicopter pilot. I worked as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey. And I am the mother of four children,” she wrote in NJ.com in May 2017.
But with her own House campaign pumping out misinformation, the rank inflation spread—reaching the highest levels of government. In October 2021, then-president Joe Biden referred to Sherrill as “lieutenant commander” during public remarks in the Garden State touting his infrastructure deal.
“And one of my favorite members of Congress, who I campaigned for and she won in spite of it: Mikie Sherrill—Lieutenant Commander of the United States Navy, a naval graduate of Georgetown Law. Incredible person,” Biden gushed. A one-time Biden staffer, who worked closely with the former president, told the Free Beacon it was “more likely than not” the bad info got into Biden’s mouth via Sherrill’s office.
That bit about Biden being given bad information may be one of the few times that those trolls actually told the truth. It’s also very damning towards Sherrill. While she might be “Careful” when making statements, she is also responsible for her staff. If they posted documents with the incorrect rank, Sherrill should have caught it and made sure the record was corrected. That she didn’t is damning.
“It’s plausible and perhaps even likely the White House would have reached out to Mikie Sherrill’s team for a few bullets for inclusion in the president’s speech,” the insider said.
Ok, I’m posting this quote due to the obvious double entendre in it. The “White House reaching for a few bullets for inclusion in the president.” Yeah, the smirks and guffaws are obvious. The “Insider” might want to consider adding the word “Points” next time. You know, as in “Bullet points?” Or are you implying that you wanted to 86 45? If so, I think the FBI might want to have a few words with you. (Once they get done with James Comey that is)
The false designation also proliferated in news reports about Sherrill both in New Jersey and elsewhere, which the congresswoman seemingly made no effort to correct. The Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, the New Jersey Herald, NJ.com, and more all referred to Sherrill as a “lieutenant commander.”
“Is there some sort of Tim Walz epidemic of false claims about military rank going on?”
“It’s crazy. Some people didn’t feel that their service was enough so they embellish it. And it’s shameful and military people will not stand for that kind of false claim,” Jim Hanson, a consultant and former Special Forces NCO told the Free Beacon.
You would think that Sherrill would realize that she had crossed a line, but no. Instead she decided to go full on progressive and blame everyone else.
“Mikie proudly served in the U.S. Navy for nearly 10 years as a lieutenant and a helicopter aircraft commander. Five years ago, a vendor, who is no longer with the campaign, made a mistake on a handful of emails and it was corrected as soon as the team caught it,” a spokesman told the Free Beacon. Her campaign would not name the vendor or confirm how many emails with the false information went out or when the problem was resolved.
Excuse me if I don’t believe you Representative Fabulist Stolen Valor. You should have caught that right away and as soon as you did, sent out a correction. Instead, you decided to blame someone else. Personally, I’m not sorry you decided to get out of the Navy. While you might have been fine with low level commands, I think that if you had actually been promoted and given more responsibility, you wouldn’t have succeeded. Now I think it’s time for you to stand down from the House of Representatives. New Jersey deserves far better then you.
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