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Busted: GOP candidate's move to blame his staff for stolen valor claims falls apart
What happened
RawStory reports that Nevada Republican congressional candidate David Flippo blamed unnamed campaign staffers for falsely claiming he earned a Bronze Star with a valor distinction—an honor he acknowledges he did not receive. That explanation was undermined by photographs, cited from Mother Jones, showing Flippo wearing a cap marked with V-shaped symbols associated with combat-valor citations.
The images reportedly appeared on Flippo’s campaign website and social media from at least August 2023. Mother Jones said he appeared to switch to an unmarked version of the cap around…
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