{"id":122144,"date":"2024-11-05T00:37:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122144"},"modified":"2024-11-05T00:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:37:54","slug":"republican-senate-hopeful-tim-sheehy-admits-no-records-back-war-wound-claim-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122144","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy admits no records back war wound claim | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">With doubts swirling over his claims of being shot at war, Republican US senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/19\/tim-sheehy-gunshot-wound-montana-park-ranger\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Tim Sheehy<\/a> has conceded that there are no records which would prove his account about the bullet wound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThere\u2019s not an extensive medical record for any of this stuff,\u201d the Montana candidate and former Navy Seal told the conservative radio host Megyn Kelly during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s7ED3YF3xJM\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">recent interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sheehy has maintained that he was shot in the arm during combat in Afghanistan \u2013 and questioning that account amounts to false accusations of stolen valor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But an ex-ranger at Glacier national park in Montana\u2019s Rocky Mountains has publicly recounted how Sheehy shot himself at the park in 2015 before going to a hospital for emergency treatment. The ranger subsequently issued Sheehy a $525 fine for illegally discharging a firearm in the national park \u2013 which he paid, according to government records, as the Washington Post has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/18\/sheehy-montana-senate-gunshot-glacier-park-ranger-peach\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A spokesperson for Sheehy has accused the ranger, a registered Democrat named Kim Peach, of attempting to spread a \u201cdefamatory story\u201d. Sheehy himself has sought to parry Peach\u2019s version of events by saying he had never been hit by gunfire that day in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">As he repeated to Kelly, Sheehy says he fell while hiking, which made his gun go off \u2013 and the only reason he went to the hospital was because he was worried the bullet already in his arm from his service in Afghanistan might have become dislodged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sheehy nonetheless also contends that he refused to report being shot in Afghanistan by friendly fire because he did not want his fellow military members to face an investigation over a relatively small injury, as he put it in his interview with Kelly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kelly pushed Sheehy to address whether any medical records would confirm his version of events. But Sheehy ended up acknowledging that he did not have any such records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThere isn\u2019t \u2013 I mean, that\u2019s the point,\u201d Sheehy remarked to Kelly. \u201cYou go and you check on it \u2013 and you leave. There\u2019s not an extensive medical record for any of this stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kelly replied, \u201cIt\u2019s so confusing,\u201d and then she bluntly asked Sheehy if he ever shot himself in the arm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cNo, that was never the allegation,\u201d Sheehy said. \u201cThat \u2013 the point is, you know, it was a friendly fire ricochet downrange that wasn\u2019t reported at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sheehy\u2019s military colleagues reportedly do not recall him mentioning a gunshot wound or seeing such an injury at the time of his active service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The conversation between Sheehy and Kelly came in the late phases of his effort to unseat the Democratic incumbent Jon Tester in a race that could determine whether Republicans can wrest back control of the Senate from their opponents after Tuesday\u2019s presidential election. As of Monday, Sheehy led the race by nearly 5%, according to 22 polls <a href=\"https:\/\/elections2024.thehill.com\/montana\/montana-senate-tester-sheehy\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">cited<\/a> by the Hill and Decision Desk HQ.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-13\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-10et71f\">\n<p class=\"dcr-rsfwa\">Sign up to <span>The Stakes \u2014 US Election Edition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">The Guardian guides you through the chaos of a hugely consequential presidential election<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;the-stakes-us-election-edition&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;The Guardian guides you through the chaos of a hugely consequential presidential election&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-13\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sheehy has built that projected lead despite a number of controversies in addition to uncertainties about his gunshot injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He drew criticism over allegations that he characterized Crow Native Americans as \u201cdrunk Indians\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"c03d6675-3026-4d8c-9284-345f704f91e5\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:16,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;James O\u2019Keefe in alleged plan to secretly film US voting and ballot counts&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;c03d6675-3026-4d8c-9284-345f704f91e5&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/04\/james-okeefe-alleged-plan-secretly-film-us-voting-and-ballot-counts&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">An aerial firefighting company he once led also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/22\/montana-tim-sheehy-business-scrutiny-senate-race\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">drew scrutiny<\/a> after raising $160m in bonds ostensibly to hire more workers and build two new aircraft hangars. But, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/senate-candidate-tim-sheehys-firm-promised-jobs-montana-county-s-still-rcna176439\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">NBC News reported<\/a>, the company spent most of the money to pay back previous investment from the New York-based firm Blackstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/montana-senate-candidate-says-was-medically-discharged-navy-records-sa-rcna176726\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">NBC News<\/a> also reported in October that Sheehy\u2019s military discharge paperwork contradicted his 2023 memoir Mudslingers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The book \u2013 which echoed some of his comments to Kelly \u2013 claimed medical reasons prompted Sheehy\u2019s discharge from the military. But, as NBC News noted, the paperwork itself says Sheehy voluntarily resigned from the military without listing any medical condition as the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/04\/tim-sheehy-montana-senate-gunshot-claim\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With doubts swirling over his claims of being shot at war, Republican US senate candidate Tim Sheehy has conceded that there are no records which would prove his account about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122144\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}