Lie October 6, 2018 · Rally · Other
“He's a Da Nang Dick. He's Da Nang Dick. That's Blumenthal. He talked about, "When I was in Da Nang province in Vietnam and I was fighting up the hill in Minner going left and right of me they're dying. They're being struck by bullets but I went back to their rescue. I went back and I got them. And then I made a second attempt and bullets are going left and right and over my shoulders and they're hitting my men." And I used to think, "Wow, this guy is a pretty brave guy." And then I found out he's a fraud. He never was in Vietnam.”
- Said
- October 6, 2018
- Where
- Campaign rally
- Verdict
- Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
- Topic
- Other
- Repeated
- 19 times in the Post’s database
- Source
- Washington Post claims database (claim ID 5318)