Arrr! Ye scurvy WaPo be omitting crucial facts 'bout this valiant swashbuckler runnin' fer Senate! Blimey!
2024-04-13
Arr, me hearty Tim Sheehy, a swashbuckling Navy SEAL and Senate hopeful, be givin' the scallywags at the Washington Post a taste o' his cutlass for listenin' to them "known Democrats" questionin' his battle scars. Avast ye, mateys, there be no room for doubters in this pirate's crew! Arrr!
The Washington Post is facing criticism for citing experts to question a bullet wound sustained by Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy in Afghanistan, without disclosing the experts' ties to the Democratic Party. Sheehy initially claimed the wound resulted from a fall in Montana in 2015, but later revealed it was from Afghanistan in 2012. The Post spoke with individuals, including Joseph V. Sakran and Rachel VanLandingham, who have donated to Democrats and questioned Sheehy's story. Sakran, a surgeon and Democrat donor, raised doubts about Sheehy's wound, while VanLandingham, a former Air Force attorney and donor to ActBlue, criticized his hesitancy to report the incident. Despite claiming neutrality, VanLandingham has publicly criticized Trump and his supporters. Katherine Kuzminski, another expert cited by the Post, has ties to the Biden administration and has defended military focus on diversity. The Post, Sakran, Kuzminski, and others did not respond to requests for comment. The article has been criticized by Sen. Tom Cotton as a politically motivated attack on Sheehy's record of service.