could go in and take his medal, Sterner said. When a woman wrote to Sterner insisting that her husband be added to his Medal of Honor database, Cottone asked Sterner to pretend to believe her. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. He should find a career where they can be put to use. Who is his running mate? The YouTube channel quickly grew popular with veterans, police officers, and firefighters. I could be misreading the Statute though. . The Armys unclassified handbook on the Human Terrain Team says its leaders were active duty or retired military officers. He said he served in Afghanistan. - The Fellow Edgar - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:48 am: What is Sullivan doing in this race exactly? I was dismissing how persuasive it is to cite them in trying to move the needle state wide. Spot pulled for typos because only the best people are working on this campaign. The Times Herald reported that Williams was a Vietnam veteran; one of the papers columnists wondered whether Vietnam did that to him. On a whim, Burkett filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain Williamss military records and discovered that he had never served in Vietnam. On September 7, 2006, the act, which made it a federal crime to falsely claim receipt of a military award or decoration, passed in the Senate by unanimous consent; President GeorgeW. Bush signed it into law soon afterward. For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well. - Proud Sucker - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:11 am: Not sure it directly applies to Sheriffs who are elected. A short list of Lt. Gov candidates will appear soon or has everyone said, Thanks for asking but no.. Which branch? without prevaricating, then the answer is No. We have to do something and have urgency. Were on a mission from God. Are they going to try to out right wing each other because they have tothese former Democratic voters/supportersto win todays GOP base? But not in defense of Sullivans specious claims about his own record. - wowie - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:39 am: Jesse Sullivan campaign slogan: Hey, guys look at me - Im still here. Might be time to concentrate on getting a running mate. Foley promised to professionalize the sheriffs department. When I joined the military decades ago, I was required to get a regimen of vaccines, more when deploying overseas. So, calling out the National Guard means diminishing police forces in the members own communities. He began to film himself knocking on the door and getting no answer. There is good reason to believe that a similar fate would befall other false claimants.. In his ad, Sullivan compares Chicago to. - Paddyrollingstone - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:09 pm: Getting some Jack! One evening, she mentioned Foleys military medals to her father, a retired colonel in the Air Force. This is just so goofythe real winner out of all this is JB Pritzker. Ask an ISP officer from downstate in a couple of months how they like being rotated in and out of Chicago. Over a 3 month +/- period Fire Control never worked. Jesse Sullivan: Yeah, absolutely. Nobody's talking about the Sgt. And I wouldnt call McLean a county nobody has ever heard of. Cmon. The work sometimes made him uncomfortable. Then people started bringing up the comments that Jowers had made during a debate with Foley. And then also the kids in schools and keeping them out of school, they put all the focus and energy on COVID. - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 12:13 pm: On the use of public resources (uniforms and marked vehicles) in the ad, I too find it distasteful and wonder if it might be unlawful. That night, a representative from Military Phonies e-mailed Amber, saying that it usually took the group several weeks to put together a complete record, and pointing her to a list of Silver Star recipients compiled by a military historian named Doug Sterner. You want to pair that with his hollow words on public safety, you might have something. Thats why Republicans are fighting for the chance to finish second in the general election, and why 47ths proposed ad for Jesse is the right call. When Sterner learned of a fraudulent Medal of Honor claim, hed pass the information along to Cottone. If she ties herself to this fascism, I was incredibly wrong. All rights reserved. That just adds to his pro-COVID views though. I am pretty confident that Sullivan will carry Menard County. We all know what that means, IRVIN LIE: [Sullivan] advocates and supports open borders. On day one, I would end those. But one thing I learned from that experience was that many if not most are also civilian police. In reality, hes an honorably discharged military veteran, Robert Dalton, the Clyde police chief, told me. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:17 am: Thanks bros, but I dont need to be saved especially by someone of Jesse Sullivans ilk. The first one claimed he served in the unit from Band of Brothers and also stormed the beach at Normandyit just didnt make any sense.. Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com. Hes hiding behind millions of dollars given to him by a Chicago billionaire art collector. To the issue of calling out the National Guard to help fight crime - Ill take a hard pass on that one. I feel like Bailey/Irvin/etc. No money down, no payments until next year. Theres been some CW that Sullivan in the race hurts Bailey had helps Irvin, but I think youre right that it threatens to go the other way. Units being trained to respond to riots in the Cities. Kevin Mays. There is a saying in the Theater, Will it play in Peoria?. - Buford - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:14 am: Seeing as they already removed it, must of not been great. We were so focussed on Foley, we didnt even think about Jowers, Bart said. So clueless, its offensive. - Demoralized - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:18 am: Correction - We do have mandates for certain state workers in congregate care settings. And, for sure, this military combat claim needs to be cleared up right away. According to DOD records, Sullivan was a Human Terrain Analyst under US Army TRADOC G2, who led. This was pre-social media, and it started going kind of viral, Whitley said. - Steve Polite - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:00 pm: For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well.. I proudly served our nation in uniform doing counterinsurgency work in Helmand Afghanistan with the US Department of Defense, Sullivan declared in his campaign announcement speech near Petersburg. - Back to the Future - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:22 pm: The comments by Retired and Still in Illinois reinforces my thought that using the NG in chasing down violent offenders is not a very good idea. But, how much will that really matter? In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary. And you look at the corrupt war zone that we have, a thousand murders in Cook County? Made with by creatives with a conscience. After weeks of polling at third place, Sullivan this week released apolling memoshowing him tied in the lead with Bailey. Firing people who are not willing to get the vaccine, those frontline workers who have been taking on the burden of this crisis, and then youre going to fire them? LOL. Hes a young, handsome made-for-TV candidate and already has way more money than any of his opponents could ever likely hope to raise. The lies that people tell shift with the appetites of the era. A Montana countys battle shows how faith in public learning and public space is fraying. - Arsenal - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 4:04 pm: ==But the States Attorneys and District Attorneys across the nation/state who wont prosecute and let criminals walk arent?==. . It will be interesting to see if Davison can help Sullivan's campaign. The videos, with their blend of vigilante justice and public callouts, hit several social-media sweet spots; watching them makes me feel both rapt and queasy, particularly when the accusers anger feels disproportionate to the situation. This ad, tho, this ad is definitely better than the Irvin ad, if only because it actually does capture your attention. Ive asked the campaign about the use of law enforcement vehicles in the campaign ad. I thought he came across much worse than the comments in the blog indicates. Thanks for telling us who you are Jesse. - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:07 am: A man of faith, called to serve and protect. Press release. Then she decided to try to get the legislation passed. In 1782, when George Washington awarded ribbons and badges to valorous Revolutionary War troops, he was already worrying about pretenders. Schimpf was initially reluctant to say anything about Sullivan, but eventually issued this response: Although Jesse Sullivan, who is not a veteran and has never been on active duty, should be commended for having worked in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, his claim to have led combat patrols flies in the face of Department of Defense regulations and established practices. The activity has become a type of bonding exercise for former service members; some even seem to be reliving their war experience when hunting down phonies. - Arsenal - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:41 am: D. Dont continue to talk about your opponents attack. You would call them out even to hunt down violent criminals. Within a few days, Foley resigned. Id give it a B for the target audience that wont see it if its been pulled. - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:48 pm: Sullivan is throwing down a strong marker for other GOP candidates. - northsider (the original) - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:01 pm: - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:02 pm: If Sullivan wants to play soldier so bad why doesnt he just join the military and spare us the theatrics? Ill look around to see if its elsewhere. Now, with just days to go, he's trying anything he can to grab voters' attention in a last-minute hail mary. I just need help in finding out if he does indeed have these medals.. The Irvin lies/cant be trusted line could work, if he had about $10-$15 million to burn it home, although that would likely just benefit Bailey. Foleys opponent in the Republican primary was Rick Jowers, a mild, approachable sheriffs deputy with a handlebar mustache. The Court found that the Stolen Valor Act violated the First Amendment. Has anyone looked into Chief Deputy Rick Jowers past? someone asked on Facebook. On day one, I would end those. - Tobor - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:18 am: - Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:20 am: Also why is it that the GOP seems real excited to have armed troops showing up at peoples doors, so long as it is not in their neighborhood? - Micky Finn - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 9:13 am: I used to think Rezin was a moderate. His service, to my knowledge, has not been questioned, but his ire was raised by some of Jesse Sullivans campaign claims. I wonder if his campaign has reached out to Arthur Jones yet about being his running mate. - Steve Rogers - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:55 am: =Other than showing that 6 sheriffs from counties most Illinoisans have never heard of=. Somebody who was rational. They amass millions of views and are re-aired on Fox News and on the program Tosh.0. They tend to follow a standard template: the accuser confronts a suspicious stranger in uniform in a big-box store or a mall food court, barraging him (or, rarely, her) with questions about where and when he served. - The Dude Abides - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:07 pm: As a previous poster mentioned in his comment its red meat for the GOP base. Until then businesses leave. On Reddit, civilians share stories of getting called out for wearing military-themed hoodies, and worry about whether theyre stealing valor by wearing camouflage pants. So, I asked, how could Sullivan have led combat patrols? - Pundent - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:56 am: Wouldnt the first step be a fundamental shift in the Guards focus and training? As someone who, you know, you began with the commercial being on the civilian intelligence side over in Afghanistan, you see the power of our military and their abilities. Thirty Years Later, Its Still Burning. - Back to the Future - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:51 pm: The downside to being a woefully unprepared and woefully unqualified candidate- - -. - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 4:48 pm: To seal the stolen valor/pro military bonafides, we need some icing on the cake, Sullivan riding in an M1 Abrams tank, ala Michael Dukakis, October 1988. Is that right? A 2012 profile of Sullivan in the State Journal-Register mentioned that his team, left the British military unit stationed in the area with recommendations for strengthening the local police force and reopening a school., When I questioned Sullivans campaign about this seeming rhetorical contradiction, they acknowledged that he was an Army civilian without veteran status who nevertheless led and participated in combat patrols in Afghanistan.. It wasnt illegal to lie about a medalit was only when you pinned it on your lapel that you broke the law. - Sir Reel - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:09 pm: And then a candidate takes a hard right on the way to the Republican primary. Matt Allen. We are back with Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan. Either promote yourself up or attack the leading candidate to drive him down. Follow up question: How are vaccines hurting our children, Mr. Sullivan? Military Phonies gets more than a hundred thousand unique views on a good day, according to the Web sites administrator. I briefly embedded with some in Iraq. Stupid and illegal. He added that he, like Foley, was an Airborne Ranger with combat wounds: I served my country, I took a bullet for my country. But the States Attorneys and District Attorneys across the nation/state who wont prosecute and let criminals walk arent?? To Bart, it seemed obvious that Foley didnt live there but was merely using it as a place to switch out his vehicle after work. Shipleys videos belong to a genre known as justice porn, which Urban Dictionary defines as getting off on watching someone get their due for being a scumbag piece of shit. Justice porn allows us to indulge our baser instincts, ostensibly in the service of righteousness. She scoured Foleys social-media accounts, trying to find other holes in his story. Is the New York I used to know gone for good? The Kendricks did a little digging and discovered that Foley lived fifty-five miles away, in another county, which under Texas law made him ineligible for the position. I also view the ad as reinforcing the stolen valor issue. They love our country. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. And I mean- with his money, he still absolutely has plenty of time to get the signaturesfor now. Privacy Policy. Doesnt seem legal to me. - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:07 am: I was not dismissing those 6 counties. Shipley admits that he sometimes broke the platforms rules against releasing individuals personal information, but he contends that he was deplatformed for political reasons: he had been digging into the background of Nathan Phillips, a Native American veteran who appeared in a viral video with a student from Covington Catholic High School.
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