🚨If you’re looking for a textbook example of Stolen Valor, look no further than Donald Trump’s campaign and the 50 Veterans who signed this letter.

29 of the signatures come from Republicans who falsely claim they retired from military service.

The most egregious example is Ronny Jackson, the former Navy officer reduced in rank from Rear Admiral to Captain after retirement.

(Follow this thread as we call them out one by one)

@RonnyJacksonTX - you were demoted from Rear Admiral to Captain – why are YOU committing stolen valor for claiming you’re a retired flag officer?

The notion of a president claiming immunity for ordering the assassination of a political rival using the military like SEAL Team 6 is fundamentally against the principles of democracy and the rule of law.

Here are several reasons why such an act would be VERY detrimental:
🧵 The Constitution enshrines the rule of law and the separation of powers. The president using the military as a tool for personal vendettas, and not allowing the judiciary to hold a president accountable violates these principles. It undermines the checks & balances designed to prevent the abuse of power.

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What a HUGE night across America, particularly in Virginia. In the state legislature races, EIGHT VoteVets-endorsed candidates won in some of the toughest districts, helping Democrats keep the Senate and flip the House!

Keep that in mind for 2024! Join our fight at ! Congratulations to all the #VoteVetsEL projected winners!

We've got something to say about the fringe attacks happening on our LGBTQ+ Troops coming from the right.  So listen up.

🧵 There are real threats facing us, and we need all hands on deck to defend our country. Our Military is the most lethal and capable fighting force in the world because it's made up of our best, brightest and strongest.

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Donald Trump is consistently a clear and present danger to our national security. His followers believe his lies and end up dying on his behalf.
Trump is not just a danger to our nation, he's a danger to his followers.

https://twitter.com/kendilaniannbc/status/1557851562143268864

@RepMTG, how do you feel about contributing to someone’s death?

Today is #MemorialDay. While it has become a day for BBQ's, beaches and sales, please remember the real reason for this day, and why so many have off work to observe it.
 
🧵 Interestingly, no one agrees where Memorial Day started. Numerous places claim it, which only proves how important we as a nation agree it is to remember our fallen.

At any rate, the name Memorial Day wasn't official until 1967, some 100+ years after the first observances.

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If the Supreme Court draft decision on Roe v. Wade becomes law, the impact on people serving in the military would be disastrous.

And some experts believe it could harm military readiness.

Consider the facts: (THREAD 🧵) First, more than half of all states are poised to ban abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. States like Texas, Georgia and Florida, which are home to hundreds of thousands of troops and military families on some of the nation’s largest military bases.

A few observations, as veterans of our country’s wars:

1. The Ukrainians' incredible will to fight is the difference in this war. Our veterans of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan dealt with training forces with unity issues. Ukrainians have no such issues.

🧵 2. Russia’s lack of a NCO corps and sustainment has led to operational chaos. Troops being lost, not knowing their mission, or running out of fuel. We see these stories all over the place.

Now that the war in Afghanistan is over, let's look back at right-wing lies that have been going viral.
Like with everything else, the right has been creating and spreading disinformation about Afghanistan.

Let's set the record straight -- THREAD: Let's start with the story about the Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter. A story shared by none other than ice-storm fleeing @tedcruz. The story quickly went viral, but here's the thing, it didn't happen, and was simply an attempt to fix a flag: bbc.com/news/live/worl…

You want to know who David Perdue is? He's about as corrupt as they come, because there's only one thing he seems to care about -- how much money he can make off being a US Senator, and it's coming at a cost to our veterans and active-duty military. (1/5)

salon.com/2020/12/10/per… Perdue maximized profits off his investment in a defense contractor, steering billions to submarine construction projects, all while being the chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower. (2/5)

He wants to know? Ok. We’ll tell him.
Military ballots are Mail-in ballots! The same ballots that he said he didn’t want counted.
(1/4) Ballots will still be coming in from overseas, somewhere he never had the courage to personally go, for days.
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With just a few very tight races left in battleground states, it's clear that our program was able to help turn out thousands of military families and veterans. #VoteVetsVoteBlue #Election2020

(THREAD w/ state stats) In Georgia, our program sent over 77K texts to military families and veterans, of which, we ID'd 12K hard Biden supporters, 5,278 of whom voted early or by mail.

Biden currently only has a 1,500 margin in the state.
#VoteVetsVoteBlue #Election2020

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Congratulations to the many victories in state and local elections for VoteVets Emerging Leaders! #Election2020

(THREAD w/ #VoteVetsEL wins) 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Congratulations, @RepWeinstein! #VoteVetsEL #Election2020

https://twitter.com/OhioHouseDems/status/1323848326970748929?s=20

We wish Donald and Melania Trump the best, as well as staff and those who were in contact with them, including reporters and the Bidens.

This White House was too cavalier about a virus that should have never infected the Commander in Chief. In fact, DOD has guidelines.

THREAD You can read DOD directives here: bit.ly/30uCRvP

First, DOD says if you have symptoms, you must inform your supervisor and STAY HOME. Clearly that didn't happen.

Second, service members must quarantine as soon as they exhibit symptoms. This didn't happen.

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Donald Trump likes to claim that he wants to end #ForeverWars.

So why hasn’t he? Because he doesn’t want to.

(Thread) First, Donald Trump is a liar who has not only NOT ended #ForeverWars, he’s actually opposed efforts to do so, making Americans less safe and the world less stable.

VOTEVETS: 28 GOLD STAR FAMILIES SLAM TRUMP ON 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KHAN DNC SPEECH

"Trump knows NOTHING of sacrifice or service to this country..he cares NOTHING about the Constitution nor the men & women who risk and lose their lives in its defense"

#GoldStarFamiliesVsTrump July 28, 2016: Khizr & Ghazala Khan spoke at the DNC as Gold Star parents of Captain Humayan Khan.

Today: 28 families look back at Trump’s reaction as "an early chapter in Donald Trump’s incessant abuse of Gold Star Families"

READ THE FULL LETTER HERE: votevets.org/press/open-let…

VoteVets, @amprog, and veteran members of Congress are urging for the necessary $3.6 billion in funding to state election officials for safe and secure vote by mail programs. (1/5) “Millions of service members stationed overseas have voted by mail... It is time to give states the resources they need to provide a vote-by-mail option so no American has to choose between their health and their right to vote." - @RepJasonCrow. (2/5)

Yesterday, @JoeBiden released a bold economic plan to #BuildBackBetter—a plan that will empower service members, veterans, & their families.

⬇️ READ our statement from VoteVets’ @Will_P_Goodwin and the following thread to learn more about this PRO-WORKER, PRO-VETERAN plan! .@JoeBiden's manufacturing policy puts labor unions at the table--as a true partner with business and government--something that has been lacking in the past 3 1/2 years under the Trump administration. #TeamJoe #UnionStrong

(THREAD) Confederate traitors killed over 360,000 Americans in the Civil War to defend slavery, yet Army bases across the US bear their namesake with pride. We want to highlight who these monsters were and their crimes against our country: Camp Beauregard near Pineville, LA, named after Confederate Gen. P.G.T Beauregard. Beauregard led Confederate troops in the First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Shiloh, and the Second Battle of Petersburg, resulting in the deaths and casualties of over 50,000 troops.

Check out this powerful statement from former Ft. Benning commander, @PaulDEaton52, on our demand to remove the names of Confederate officers from US military installations. Now. “As a former commanding general at Fort Benning, it didn’t escape me that I was going to work every day at a base named for a Confederate General and traitor to the United States, a racist and an incompetent warfighter.

The Heroes Act, led by @SpeakerPelosi, brings bold solutions that will save lives and protect veterans and military families across our country. Learn more from @VetAffairsDems Chairman @RepMarkTakano ⬇️ Expanded Health Coverage: As we work to stop the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial that anyone who needs healthcare during this crisis can get it. That is why the Heroes Act will authorize VA healthcare for all veterans who lost their health insurance due to the pandemic.