That just adds to his pro-COVID views though. Its clear this is about way more than just stolen valor, the comedian Ian Fidance, who has made a series of parody stolen-valor videos, told me. Illinois is a pro choice state. He often points to his business background as an example of his leadership, but one of his nonprofits owed money to the state of California and another waslisted as delinquent., And those are just the highlights.With days to go, Jesse Sullivan is bending over backwards to rewrite history. A tall man with a square jaw and closely cropped hair, he touted his eleven years as a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment, an lite special-operations Army unit. When the Culture Wars Come for the Public Library. Nice Irish ballot name, good hair and a nice jawline. A great wat to connect with the constituents and experience the CTA. Sterner, who returned from Vietnam with two Bronze Stars, learned how to navigate the military-records system while compiling a database of people whod been given the Medal of Honor, the nations highest military award. Currently she is working to get Glenn Youngkin elected the next governor of Virginia this November, as well as with a number of stellar 2022 Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. Congress. Might be time to concentrate on getting a running mate. Im lethal with a keyboardyou cant lie to me, he has said. Ask an ISP officer from downstate in a couple of months how they like being rotated in and out of Chicago. If he wont stand with us, we cant allow him to be our next governor? I have entire National Guard units that spend their weekends watching my videos on a big screen in an auditorium, seeing what Don is doing, Shipley said. - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:00 pm: Wasnt Sullivan a contractor, not a DoD civilian? McMaster, US Army (ret.) The yard was weedy; the windows were covered with aluminum foil. - 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. However, they are answerable to their constituents. I hear youre something of a Medal of Honor historian, he said. Well, prosecutors discretion is an age-old tradition, and frankly quite a bit of the Bill of Rights is aimed at limiting the states ability to jail its citizens, so despite the LOL and double question marks, Id suggest that the answer to your question isnt quite as clear cut as you think. Stupid and illegal. but were not going to try to run our sheriffs department like the military., Around Christmas, Bart Kendrick went public on Facebook with his accusation about Foleys residency, sure that it would tank his candidacy. Support Renewable Energy Credits. David Gentry. A few of Military Phonies half-dozen volunteer researchers are registered private investigators, which allows them access to specialized databases. He said he served in Afghanistan. I was born a protector and an overwatcher, he told a local television station. Instead, the campaign claimed, Sullivan led a small team consisting usually of another human terrain analyst, possibly a social scientist depending on the mission, and an interpreter, which would, embed with a military unit. Sullivan, was responsible for translating military objectives into collection priorities, executing the collection mission, reporting back, and advising the military decision-making process.. Support Renewable Energy Credits. - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:39 pm: Why do interviews with Republican candidates sound like 1980s exchanges between Gene Okerlund and Jesse The Body Ventura? (Alvarez had also falsely claimed to be a professional ice-hockey player and to have been married to a Mexican movie star.) - vole - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:27 pm: unAmerican is getting to need some definition. Some of the so-called valor thieves busted by Shipley and others fit Tom Cottones descriptiontheir lies about their military service are part of a larger pattern of deception. Sullivan was recruited to be in the Army's Human Terrain System, which. Foley was not on the list. We are back with Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan. . He set up Google news alerts for key phrases: prisoner of war, Navy Cross. I started coming across these guys putting themselves in local media as heroes, Caffrey told me. One of the appeals of patienthood is the special dispensationwe reduce our expectations of that person, we give them attention. The role of veteran, which comes freighted with its own set of expectations and benefits, is similarly alluring. The work sometimes made him uncomfortable. - Rudys teeth - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:08 pm: Can Jesse Sullivan buy a set of talented advisors who could direct his message? He talked about his sniper training and the bullets hed taken for his country. was an overdiagnosed condition cooked up by antiwar leftists; that accusations of war crimes in Vietnam were overstatedbut what captured readers attention was his exposure of military fakers. Jowers was well known, and largely well liked, throughout the county; I heard stories of people calling him for help wrangling loose goats and managing family disputes. They would track down the guys family, his mother, his wife. ), Sterner had never intended to expose fakershe was more interested in the real heroesbut he kept running across them. I came out swinging so hard at these guys on the Internet that I brought on flocks of these junior G-men who have nothing to do but patrol Walmart and accost people, he said. - Give Us Barabbas - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:27 am: Spot must have been QC checked by the guys that made the wraps for the back of the semi trailers. By last year, his videos had been viewed fifty million times. I feel like Bailey/Irvin/etc. This was pre-social media, and it started going kind of viral, Whitley said. - WhiteHat24 - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:11 am: Is this not an ethics violation to use county vehicles and taxpayer resources out of your jurisdiction for political purposes? Schimpf was born on an Air Force base in the Metro East, graduated from Annapolis Naval Academy, then graduated from law school and served 20 years in the US Marines, serving as the chief American adviser to prosecutors in Saddam Husseins trial. But not in defense of Sullivans specious claims about his own record. Accompanying that trust was mounting anxiety that it could be abused. Richard Irvin wont say where he stands on this issue. I briefly embedded with some in Iraq. She scoured Foleys social-media accounts, trying to find other holes in his story. IRVIN LIE: [Sullivan] says that he wore, you know, he served in uniform. After Leroy Foleys lies about his military service were exposed, Rick Jowers seemed certain to win the Republican primary and therefore become Callahan Countys next sheriff, since no one was running as a Democrat. - Mcin33 - Wednesday, May 18, 22 @ 9:31 pm: My lord. This pro-law enforcement ad might not be so, um, pro-legal. - JS Mill - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 1:17 pm: =I put the over/under for Sullivans vote percent at 15 for the primary election.=, =And it wont matter if they do, when you have folks like the Governor of Mississippi saying I dont know yet when it comes to potentially banning *contraceptives*.=. You would call them out even to hunt down violent criminals. Republican candidate for governor Jesse Sullivan stands in a soybean field and points to his home in Petersburg, Illinois, in a campaign video. (Other patterns Shipley has noticed: there is a disproportionate number of phonies in Georgia, liars tend to be junior enlisted men, and stolen valor is primarily a white problem.). - Norseman - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:54 pm: The National Guard is so omnipotent to these far right and far right wannabes for power politicians. Ryan vibes from this guy. - well - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:48 am: Its a decent message for the primary, but it loses a lot of points because of how illegal the ad is. The YouTube channel quickly grew popular with veterans, police officers, and firefighters. - Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:18 pm: Come on down to Sullivans. It had been passed by Congress as an effort to stem instances where people falsely claimed to have . - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:48 pm: Sullivan is throwing down a strong marker for other GOP candidates. - Steve Polite - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:00 pm: For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well.. Heres a refresher on all thats come out about the real Jesse Sullivan: He came out of the gate with a nasty stolen valor scandal. Often, if someone is not a paragon of traditional masculinityif you dont look like Bradley Cooper playing Chris Kyleyour claims are more suspect. (After the death of Kyle, the soldier whose story was the basis for American Sniper, the Intercept revealed that in his memoir he had awarded himself one more Silver Star and one more Bronze Star than he had earned.) - Arsenal - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:48 am: The thing is, the anti-Irvin language is strong. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. At least Paul Schimpf knows he is running for an agency directors job. In his ad, Sullivan compares Chicago to. "I felt I was doing something really pretty . It didnt for the Br!t!$h in the 20th century at various locations. What exactly does JB have to. - SWSider - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:21 pm: Lol. Support Renewable Energy Credits. - Amalia - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 1:09 pm: - Carlos Danger - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 2:08 pm: Sorry, comments for this post are now closed. Id have to check the laws, but it certainly seems like Mr. Government Ethics is using local government resources for political purposes. 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. Operation Stolen Valor is a year-old federal law enforcement effort that has resulted in a dozen cases under investigation in the Pacific Northwest, with fraud totals of more than $1.4 million. So clueless, its offensive. He began to film himself knocking on the door and getting no answer. Meh. The Washington Free Beacon reported that Jesse Sullivan was running a non-profit in San Francisco, California before he threw his hat into the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary back in September. There were other guys doing this before me, but Im the guy that took it to YouTube, he told me. - 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?==. -. Mr. Sullivans words are those of a person who fundamentally does not understand democratic governments and basic civil rights. Now, with just days to go, hes trying anything he can to grab voters attention in a last-minute hail mary. Last night I got a robo-poll that I would presume was commissioned by the Sullivan campaign. You always want to put a pretty young lady in a video if you can swing it. He started telephoning suspected liars, baiting them into telling ridiculous stories, and exposing them. ==. After claiming in his campaign launch that he led combat patrols in Afghanistan, it was revealed thathe was a civilian contractor, never active duty, and not a veteran. - Arsenal - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:49 am: I gotta admit I find this guy interesting, but until he can actually put his petitions on the street, I feel like I should ignore him. (Dennehy served five years in the Marines, but never in Vietnam; he apologized after Burkett went public with his accusation.) The average game times of 2 hours, 36 minutes are down from 3:03 in 2022. Researching potential phonies was once a lonely enterprise; now there are a dozen Web sites, message boards, and Facebook groups that provide instruction and crowdsource the work. The Armys unclassified handbook on the Human Terrain Team says its leaders were active duty or retired military officers. - Pundent - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:31 am: From stolen valor to stolen ad. I dont like the man of faith being called to serve. I think he just got caught up in the moment, Sheriff Joy said. Article: What is Stolen Valor? Ill look around to see if its elsewhere. Did Sullivan really live in downstate Petersburg, as he claimed, or did he live in the San Francisco area? The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame. Also, ibid on the whole ethics of cops play-acting in uniform in a political ad. Otherwise, he should correct the misleading language on his website.. In 1782, when George Washington awarded ribbons and badges to valorous Revolutionary War troops, he was already worrying about pretenders. Very good ad for stoking GOP base obsession with police and crime. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. This is such awful word salad. If she ties herself to this fascism, I was incredibly wrong. Theyre always loaded questions, Lindinger told me. She got an A. After Bart buried her, he reviewed his security-camera footage to identify the culprit, then spent several nights perched in a tree with a pistol until he got his revenge. Sullivans campaign responded with a 300-word background statement which claimed Sullivans Army team leader never left the base. Im from a rural county in central Illinois, and it is this kind of talk that makes rural Illinoisans dislike anything north of I-80. People falsely claiming to have served in Vietnam often used the war to explain some failure or trauma in their personal livestheir homelessness or their struggles with addiction. Heres the script for the only ad you should be running: I grew up in Central Illinois and those are the values that Ill always uphold. Until then businesses leave. Shipley tried to keep things more or less professional, but his fans could be less scrupulous. There once was a MP battalion in Chicago (right behind Watertower. Hes trying everything to bury the baggage thats exposed serious contradictions about his past and his record,said DGA Illinois Press Secretary Yael Sheinfeld. Behind the Oklahoma City bombing and even the January 6th attack was a military-style assault in Texas that galvanized the far right. - Pundent - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:56 am: Wouldnt the first step be a fundamental shift in the Guards focus and training? That sure looks like an official police plate to me. He also stated that he was a military veteran that was shot while serving his country., In response, Jowers posted an image of his DD 214, but it was oddly cropped, with key information outside the frame. Jesse Sullivan was an Army civilian, deployed by the Department of Defense to Afghanistan. At a gathering for honorees, in the nineties, a short man approached Sterner, holding a photograph of a man wearing a medal. In 2015, Eric Lindinger, a Gulf War veteran, had a job that involved a lot of cross-country driving. When a relative unknown named Jesse Sullivan jumped into the race earlier this month with a nearly $11 million out-of-state-funded campaign war chest, state Sen. Darren Bailey and businessperson Gary Rabine both called him a member of the San Francisco/Silicon Valley "elite" because that's where his business was located and where much of his It doesnt make sense.. Saying he was called to protect and serve in this context implies that he is/was a police officer. Veterans of the Second World War placed themselves at the sites of iconic battles, even when they were stationed far away. - Long Time Independent - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:43 am: Jesse should start running campaign commercials for a running mate and not worry about the Governors race yet. The better move would be to change the subject. Is it the all-arms-on-deck, save the ship, community health/resilience strain? Sullivan is woefully unqualified to be Governor. Why spend so much time defending Jesse and not attacking? On day one, I would end those. With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq came a surge in young men who said that they were lite commandos; in the weeks after the raid that killed bin Laden, phony SEAL claims doubled, according to one researcher. Within a few days, Foley resigned. Its only early until its late. 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. My guard unit was about half civilian police officers and the other half was largely college students using the guard to afford college (aged 18-21). But the States Attorneys and District Attorneys across the nation/state who wont prosecute and let criminals walk arent?? In many instances, though, the motivations are muddier. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan today announced some of the results of "Operation Stolen Valor," a year long effort to investigate and prosecute those who lie about their military service for financial gain or other reasons. That is a crisis that is 750, was the most lives we lost of our soldiers over in Afghanistan was the worst year of the war over there. 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. As to unAmerican, chomping at the bit to use military force against American citizens is unAmerican. Perhaps some joint training with CPD would help the CPD deal with these kinds of situations in the future. - The Dude Abides - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:15 am: Ill give it a C-. The guy would usually be polite, but the interactions felt more like interrogations than like conversations. I just need help in finding out if he does indeed have these medals.. In her final paper, she proposed criminalizing false claims about the nations highest medals. Hes been surprised by how many older women watch, too. So far, GOP gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan has failed to break through the noise, drowned out by MAGA candidate Darren Bailey and flailing one-time frontrunner Richard Irvin. Im Jesse Sullivan. Since Shipley started his channel, confrontations between service members and potential impostors have become wildly popular on YouTube. Foley promised to professionalize the sheriffs department. And I mean- with his money, he still absolutely has plenty of time to get the signaturesfor now. I stand proudly with Pro Life voters. He has outlined the actions of a dictator. Nobody's talking about the Sgt. Open the bag the first one out would be the candidate would save a lot of money not to mention popcorn. When Sterner learned of a fraudulent Medal of Honor claim, hed pass the information along to Cottone. Then people started bringing up the comments that Jowers had made during a debate with Foley. (On StolenValor.com, exposed liars are secured targets.) In a forum called Special Forces Brothers, which is associated with Guardians of the Green Beret, fifty-seven hundred current and former Green Berets help vet claimants. On day one, I would end those. In December, Bart and his wife, Amber, read in the local paper that Leroy Foley, a police officer in the nearby town of Clyde, was running for sheriff of Callahan County. and we should value and thank those who have served our country, putting their own lives at risk doing so.. Ive asked the campaign about the use of law enforcement vehicles in the campaign ad. It wasnt illegal to lie about a medalit was only when you pinned it on your lapel that you broke the law. Albert Brum. I thought he came across much worse than the comments in the blog indicates. - Friendly Bob Adams - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:26 pm: I put the over/under for Sullivans vote percent at 15 for the primary election. - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:07 am: A man of faith, called to serve and protect. The accused mumbles nonsensical answers before slinking off, exposed and humiliated. Military Phonies was already looking into Jowerss background. And it needs to be an all hands on deck situation, whereas the current governor wants to look the other way and make it a political football and all that. Theyve got your back, but whos got your video? - Correcting - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:18 pm: Jesse Sullivan just needs to serve apple pie and make his campaign theme song I am a real American by Rick Derringer. - Buford - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:14 am: Seeing as they already removed it, must of not been great. Hes losing. Only five of them are still living, and hes not one of them, so this guys a phony. And he stuck his hand out and said, Glad to meet you, Im Tom Cottone with the F.B.I. And that started our friendship.. With the US Supreme Court about to finally rule against abortion, Illinois voters need to know where their politicians stand on the most important issue of our lives. Its a D, Sullivan is a phony to his want. When Bart went to introduce himself to his new neighbors, no one answered the door. Joey Gibson. - Ron Burgundy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 1:22 pm: In a primary, and specifically your first run for anything, you need to be telling people who you are and not refuting who someone else says you are. - Red Ketcher - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:56 am: 47th Ward at 10:08 above Says It All,Says it Well.
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