Joe Rogan - Connecticut Senator Lied About Serving in Vietnam?

Fuck did he get reelected? Isn't this Connecticut's a blinston's tribalism you're gonna vote blue in Connecticut But how would how would they accept him as their candidate because he got I think it came out once he was the candidate Oh Jesus Christ. Yeah. Yeah, that's a big one man. Yeah, it is Stolen Valor and all that's yeah, I mean forget about what Brian Williams did that's like way bigger I get shit for having shaved sides of my hair people like is that a Nazi? No, they're like is that stolen Valor? And I'm like no what I've got that. Yes. Come on haircut I'm He listened to marine corps reserves in 1970 until then five Deferments had kept him out of the war getting a coveted slot in the reserves reduced the chance of battlefield deployment Blumenthal went through basic training and served six years in the Washington DC area in Connecticut as Connecticut's Attorney General Blumenthal regularly attended Memorial Day parades and other events that recognized soldiers and veterans in New York Times wrote in May 17th 2010 that in 2003 Blumenthal had spoken at a rally supporting troops overseas The newspaper reported that Blumenthal said when we returned we saw nothing like this That was a comparison with soldiers who came back from Vietnam Blumenthal repeatedly repeated a similar line in 2007 Memorial Day parade in Milford, Connecticut And at a 2008 ceremony for veterans and senior citizens Blumenthal said we have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam Oh Yep, and then look at the very bottom line. Although I did not serve in Vietnam I've seen firsthand the effects of military action. Uh-huh. Well, that's a story bro. He's a liar What does he think first-hand means? Mmm? Yeah Well, that's he said we have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam If they quoted that and that's a that's a he said that at a 2008 ceremony. That's a liar Yeah, I mean that's just that's stolen Valor, but you know, it's it's It's a lie as much as it's stolen Valor because he does have military service Which you know mean he was a part of the reserves, which is an important part of the military. There's no I mean You don't want to diminish that but lying about having actually been in Vietnam is It's as close to stolen Valor as you can get with actually being a veteran. Yeah. Yeah, right. Yeah It's like shady. Yeah, it's shady, but they're dirty people. They're dirty people Yeah, of course, it's a dirty business. They're horrible horrible people. So that's why when people are like venerating These monsters. I'm like what the fuck is wrong with you? These people are horrible Just doing that just doing that alone like that's It's hilarious that he got through though. Oh, yeah, it's it's funny what people can get away with does he ever said? I'm sorry. Yeah, shouldn't have said that. What'd he say? Oops, I did it again Made mistakes and I am sorry I have I have misspoken about my service and I regret that and I take full responsibility You know full responsibility means resigning does it if you're taking what does responsibility mean if there's no consequences well That's a good question. Well the consequences are public shaming Maybe he is the best person for the job despite the fact that he lied a decade ago But I still don't know what responsibility means in this context. I've taken responsibility. I Remember Janet I was I had friend of mine Janet Reno when Waco happened and all those kids died and all those people Did you just say Janet Reno was a friend of yours? No a friend of mine was talking about January. No, no I knew Janet Reno pals with Janet Reno was a friend of mine. You're gonna and She went on TV after Waco and all those people died and she goes this is my fault I take full responsibility my friends like then you should be in jail if you are responsible You're a murderer dozens of people getting killed. You should be in jail you