Lie September 29, 2018 · Social post · Other

“Senator Richard Blumenthal must talk about his fraudulent service in Vietnam, where for 12 years he told the people of Connecticut, as their Attorney General, that he was a great Marine War Hero. Talked about his many battles of near death, but was never in Vietnam. Total Phony!”

Said
September 29, 2018
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
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 5790)

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