Ohio Republican congressional candidate J.R. Majewski was an insane candidate even before it was revealed that he lied when he campaigned on being an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
So, to cover his lie, the Trump-backed candidate insisted during a press conference that he did serve in Afghanistan but refused to provide specifics or documents.
"The orders and military records that I have been able to obtain from my personal files show that all of my deployments are listed as classified," he said out loud. It didn't end there.
The Daily Kos reports:
On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported more inconsistencies between what Majewski says his military service was like—and what it was actually like. One of Majewski's stories about his military service claimed that because he got into a "brawl" in an Air Force dormitory in 2001, he ended up demoted. According to that version of events (i.e., the fact-free version that Majewski told), the rebellious Majewski received a censure from the Air Force that prevented him from reenlisting. Guess what?
According to the AP, military documents show the real reason Majewski was demoted and barred from reenlisting was because he was busted for driving while intoxicated on a U.S. air base in Japan. The disciplinary record the AP obtained explains it with this quote: "When you decided to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after indulging in intoxicating liquor you brought discredit upon yourself, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, and the Air Force. Further misconduct by you of any type will not be tolerated."
Majewski's demotion wasn't in Afghanistan but after he was driving drunk on a U.S. air base in Japan in September 2001. Majewski spent six months in Qatar, a longtime U.S. ally, where he helped load and unload aircraft. The Ohio Republican could have run on that, but he just had to embellish his record, going as far as to falsely say that he spent 40 days in the country without a shower due to a lack of running water when he was serving in active combat duty.
