Repug Lied About Combat Wound

Sunday, October 20, 2024

A former Montana park ranger has now publicly accused Tim Sheehy " a Republican running for a US Senate seat in the state " of lying about getting shot while at war in Afghanistan. In an interview with the Washington Post published on Friday, 67-year-old Kim Peach went on the record about how Sheehy " a former US navy seal " actually shot himself on a family trip in 2015 at Glacier national park. Peach's account explicitly contradicts Sheehy's claim that he was shot in the arm during military combat, a story that the Republican candidate has shared throughout his US Senate campaign. Peach said that Sheehy's allegedly self-inflicted wound left him with a bullet lodged in his right arm at Glacier national park in Montana's Rocky Mountains. He told the Post that he first met Sheehy at a hospital in the area of the park during the aftermath of the 2015 episode.

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"I remember Sheehy obviously being embarrassed by the situation but at the same time thankful that it wasn't worse," Peach said to the Post. There, Sheehy also confirmed to Peach that he had mistakenly shot himself after his firearm discharged in his car.

Peach said he then inspected Sheehy's gun and observed a bullet casing, confirming the firearm had discharged. That same day, Peach issued Sheehy a $525 fine for discharging a firearm in the national park, according to government records.

Peach also wrote about the case in a 2015 report about the gunshot, writing he was "grateful no other persons or property were damaged", the Post reported.

Comments

Of course he lied about it. We can assume that when any modern Republican politician claims to have done something noble he is lying about it.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-20 11:56 AM