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NRCC pulls ads for Majewski after reports he didn’t actually serve in Afghanistan after 9/11

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is scrapping $1 million in scheduled TV ads for GOP congressional candidate J.R. Majewski after military records reportedly revealed he was never stationed in Afghanistan, despite claiming to have served there after the 9/11 terrorist attack.

NRCC pulls ads for Majewski after reports he didn’t actually serve in Afghanistan after 9/11

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House candidate, J.R. Majewski, called himself a combat vet. Records show he wasn’t.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, once describing “tough” conditions including a lack of running water that forced him to go more than 40 days without a shower.

House candidate called himself a combat vet. Records show he wasn’t.

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The AP reported that documents indicate J.R. Majewski “never deployed” to Afghanistan. He repeatedly claimed that he did in media appearances.