Arizona political candidate accused of stolen valor
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Steve Slaton is a Republican candidate for Arizona's House of Representatives, but now controversy surrounds his military service record.
Republicans in northeastern Arizona have questions for Slaton, accusing him of stolen valor.
Slaton carries an endorsement from Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers. Neither of them will address Slaton’s claims that he's a Vietnam combat veteran.
However, several veteran groups say there’s a clear difference between military records provided by the LD-7 candidate for Arizona Rep. in Navajo County, and records obtained from the National Archives.
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You can't be an AH-1 crew chief and co-pilot. He's a liar.
Very true, I was Navy, but the Pilots were ALL officers . Pilots May earn warrant officer rank and fly. My army brothers know far better than I do, but crew chiefs are typically enlisted men.
Yes crew chief is an enlisted, a co pilot is a warrant officer. Stop lying my dude. 😮😊
@@taluaigaluega905 I googled enlisted pilots Vietnam. Crazy id never heard of it. Said it was too expensive to train enlisted men vs officers.
@@mikefleek9259
If you going to lie put the right helicopter on your DD-214 . H-1 crew chief
Crew Chief = ENLISTED.
So he's a liar and a con artist. Altered his DD-214. Illegal. He should be arrested and tried for altering the document.
Stolen valor should be the least of his worries. He should serve at Ft Leavenworth, the rest of his miserable life.
A conartist that supports a conartist. Colour me unsurprised.
Why? That is a popular thing among Trump supporters. Trump lies and makes false documents and records himself, and they all support him. This guy is just doing what Trump does.
And a grifter, can't forget that!
@SM-Flyers you are so dumb. Go simp for Joe Biden more
Dude got caught...good. Whether you're Left or Right, stolen valor is wrong and impugns on the service of others.
Definitely something we all agree on!
Typical of Republicans. He lies about his service in the military and his cult leader calls out all military personnel who have died for this country as suckers and losers. Why any military person who swore to uphold our Constitution would vote for a Party that has a platform of over 900 pages called "Project 2025" which aims to roll back our country's laws to the 19th century is ignorant and dangerous. People need to wake up. Fascism is alive and well in America today even more than it was in the 1930's.
Agreed It’s why I cannot vote for either party. I vote for freedom and liberty. So not much of a choice these days. I’ll be voting for Nobody.
👏👏👏You found the tie that will unite us. Now run for president.
Funny how it's always Republicans doing it, though, and very frequently, isn't it? There's been multiple cases of GOP candidates and representatives being caught fabricating their military histories in the last year alone. Can't think of a single Dem being found to have done that in said period.
If he can’t be trusted with the truth about himself how can he be trusted with billions of taxpayer money, anything he says in his campaign, or that his oath means anything to him.
💯🎯💯
Sounds like Trump.
@@nopenope9118lmao Yoo this comment section is wild..I guess only the leader is allowed to lie
The guy is embarrassment to all veterans of US wars .
Not embarrassed for fighting foreign wars?
No, not a bit.@@mikealext
He’s an embarrassment to ALL veterans period.
@@mikealextF NO!!
@@James-vl1xd israhell thanks you for your service.
A supporter of Private Bone Spurs stealing valor... Of course he did.
Underrated comment
Hahaha 😂
If his records are falsified , He should step down.
Should be imprisoned for up to 6 months like the law specifies.
If he presented falsified documents once, what's to say that any document that he provides going forward is also not altered? He needs to either show proof that he was right, or bow out.
So many Republicans lying about either serving or serving in combat it makes me sick being a combat vet.
If records are falsified he should be charged
Typical MAGA type. Pretending to be something and someone they aren't. All to grab money and gift.
This is beyond political affiliation. Stolen valor is almost treasonous to me. Change his discharge to dishonorable because you can’t possibly have honor and steal valor of people who bled for America.
See there?, why embellish your record? He served,he was awarded medals,why push the envelope??no need to lie,its pure arrogance...shame on him..
He wanted to be regarded as a combat veteran but couldn't in the context of his Korean service. It kind of reminds me of the many claimants to have been Civil War veterans surviving well into the 20th century. Some did it for pensions, some to have a personal claim to fame. In this case most likely the latter.
I would submit it's cowardice, not arrogance. He surreptitiously took something not his own and lied about it. F him.
I'm always surprised with people so unhappy with their position in life, they have to make something up.
I am a conservative republican, I can tell you this, no matter what party you represent if you didn’t serve but state you did, then it is stolen valor and should be punished
So what trump is doing is ok like January 6th
He's a coward because he couldn't even confront the rumors!
Dang. When Fox goes after the MAGA republican, you know something is wrong!
He lied and therefore needs to step down and the government should prosecute him!
In one of his tweets slamming the people calling him out, he went so far as to invoke the treatment of Vietnam vets on their return to the states, claiming that the way he was being treated over this situation was reminiscent of the way those soldiers were treated. It's beyond insulting to every one of those veterans - the ones who returned home to ridicule and hatred, and the ones who died in or because of that war. He could have, should have been proud of the service he gave, yet it wasn't enough for him. He could have, should have owned up to the lies, yet he doubled down over and over on his lies. Instead, he hides behind his office door like a coward. Wendy Rogers is no better. She asked for the investigation, yet ignores the truth when its handed to her. Just like Mr. Stolen Valor, she even doubled down with her support of his lies. They've put ego over ethos, and neither are worthy of respect.
Rogers should have her veteran status stripped.
Probably will get away with it. Telling the truth doesn't matter anymore.
He runs a shop for "Mr Bone spurs", tells you where the lies come from!
@@kat65tutko99 trump created that. Truth no longer matters like he states regularly. You can say or do anything as long as you get ratings. He lives in a reality TV show. He turned the country into a Reality TV show 24/7.,
Just FYI, the idea that Vietnam vets were "spat upon" when returning is, as far as anyone can tell, a complete myth. Exhaustive newspaper searches turn-up zero reports of such incidents, and you know that, given the generally rabidly-pro-war stance of most media of the day, any such event would have been national news.
That's not to say vets weren't horribly treated by their *government*, but the idea that hippies were the ones abusing them is utter propaganda, deliberately concocted after-the-fact to distract from demonstrable right-wing treachery.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A GUY WHO HAS A CONFEDERATE FLAG UP ON THE WALL NEAR THE U.S FLAG??
I am pretty sure he also sells white sheets..👻
@@fernze.6478that would be Democrats
@@terribedford7729 that would be southerners and those who embraced southern culture remember it was the southern colonies who had a large portion of not majority of people against the war of independence and were loyal to the crown it was the southern states who betrayed the nation with the Confederacy southerners are not patriots
@@terribedford7729 nice try chad!
@terribedford7729 trumpsters with no shame, he is busted and you trying to say something foolish, he a lieing fake
I am SO GLAD that this pathetic man has been found out! Thank you for uncovering this story.
Its not pathetic. Its criminal.
Stolen valor is a crime
He was a military man how can you still valor if you was in the military
@@douglasvines2037I Served 67-71, USN Hospital Corpsman. I never went to Vietnam, therefore I am a Vietnam Era Veteran. BIG/HUGE difference between Serving during Vietnam and Serving IN Vietnam. I Served, threw my hat in the ring, no need to embellish that fact, many did not!
@@douglasvines2037 How? YOU LIE about what you DID in the service. And, it's 'STEAL' - not 'still'!!! Shall we get into your school records?
Then Biden should be charged accordingly because the word "valor" is not exclusively just for military service.
@@douglasvines2037 He lied about the nature of his Military service. He claimed to have been in combat. He was not. He altered his DD-214. But I don't expect a person who has an upside down American flag and can't spell the word STEAL to know anything about military valor.
Lie about your past, but lie about your past when it can be verified.....Well that's just stupid....We don't need anymore stupid politicians.!
Kari and Kellie have turned Arizona blue....... the GQP just doesn't know it yet.........
Whether you are a Republican, Democrat, or have any political affiliation, as a service member, you should know better than to mess with your records. Liars cross all political parties! Sad to see this guy ruin his life with lies. No different than the liar in chief that is ruining our great country making statements that no service member died under his watch while checking his watch during their dignified arrival. Neither case is excusable.
I agree with your statement on party affiliation and stretching the truth. But party corruption and trashing America and Americans is a monumental business model for Maga and what's left of the Republican party. All that aside. People like Slaton are the face of America's decline as a serious world leader.
You forgot the fact a felon is running for president.
Besides being the military man of his fantasies , Mr Slaton also "self identifies " as smart , ethical, empathetic, and as a Power Ranger .
I don't care what side you lean. If you're a liar you gotta go.
@@user-kq4hf8se5b MAGA cultists obviously aren't concerned about liars.
I live between Arizona and Georgia for half the year and have to say they are both the goofiest states in the union.
I don’t know… I live in Tennessee and I think we beat you 😂
Arizona is the Florida of the Southwest
Gross. So disrespectful. I follow one of the men who investigates this and he would not say it without 100 percent proof of what is being accused. And it disrespects everyone who has served. Disgusting
Might need a "code red".
The Party of Liars.
Even when they're caught redhanded.
Liar? Check. Disrespect of the military? Check. MAGA.
MAGA? Joe lies about his son’s service and lied about the ones we lost pulling out of Afghanistan. Good and bad on both sides.
I'm was wondering the same thing. All these Trump Republicans are attacking him, and yet he is more like Trump than they are. Maybe because he wasn't born into wealth, and that is the difference? Or maybe it is because he didn't party with Jeffrey Epstien like Trump did?
@@Good1-br5lying is one of they’re Ten Commandments
Yeah.... it's only side.. don't forget Pocahontas Warren...
But Trump is only president that backs our military. That's what I've been told.
Hiding in his room like a child. Where's the big tough guy now? Typical
That's not good when they lie especially about being a Vietnam veteran my late brother he passed on from agent Orange
liar and grifter? say it isn't so..
As a sister of a Vietnam combat vet I hope this clown receives zero votes and no one walks into his place of business again. To disrespect and dishonor those who did serve and attempt to steal something he didn’t earn is beyond disgraceful. He should do some time for this shame Of course he’s a Trump supporter. King of the grifters and snake oil salesmen… Trumps rise to fame has brought all the cockroaches out. I’m just glad this one got caught before he was elected.
I'm a Veteran Disgusting period
And this little grifter works for the big grifter!
Turds of a feather.
You cannot be a crew chief and a co pilot. Those are two separate jobs.
He’s just the George Santos of Arizona.
As a disabled veteran ( C5-C6 quadriplegic ), man dropout, you’re pulling a Blumenthal. It’s over.
No, that's not what Blumenthal did. Richard gave a stock speech about 100 times and used the word 'during Vietnam' in 99 of them.
One time he mistakenly said 'in Vietnam' instead and apologized as soon as he learned that he had. No faked records, no intent to lie.
Of course, the right has tried to crucify him for years over a single misspeak.
This on the other hand is a knowing multiple falsification of his records.
Sorry DD, I was close, had C5,6&7 crushed, but my surgeon is amazing. Only have weak fingers that get completely useless in temps lower than 50.
If this is true, this is shameful.
Wendy Rogers needs to resign and stolen valor Steve needs to drop out. Both have brought shame to their community.
A Liar in the Republican party? WOW who would have thought that could happen?
😂😂😂😂 called Rino's
He does Not … represent the hard working volunteers and Candidates up in Navajo county…he is his own entity powered by Wendy Rogers…
I thought it was a requirement.
@@robertgray323 but the democrats don't lie?? The President lied all the time ( democrat) 🤔😜😂😂😂😂🇺🇸🇺🇸
Lol and your guy can't complete a full sentence and find his way off a stage..
This candidate and another one was recently in the news being accused of stolen valor. They each had legit military service. It's really self destructive to embellish it, with the very real risk of being found out.
At least he did not have bone spurs.
Our 5 college deferments, and then a 1-Y classification for ‘teenage asthma’ …despite having played football and working as a lifeguard…and being offered acceptance to the Navy Academy to play for their football team!😆
Left right doesn't matter step down !:
Welcome to the party of George Santos.
With Donald Trump at the top setting the example
Party of TRUMP you mean!
@dianaevans6725 No, but they are both frauds.
The irony of the party of con artists being upset they were conned. Such an embarrassing party.
the whole party?
@@caughtafly Almost all of them, yes. The ones who dare speak the truth get primaried.
@@ChristophBrinkmann you were not a tad bit embarrassed with biden’s well planned & practiced recent debacle of a debate?
Sure we were but he didnt lie non stop hes not shitting his pants and he isnt a fucking felon. @caughtafly
@@caughtaflyAs opposed to the guy who spent the entire debate lying and trying to change the subject?
As a child, I was taught that lying is shameful and wrong. Supporting someone who can spend a half hour lying is much more embarassing than supporting someone who is old.
Pretty simple really, he enlisted in the Army 4 months after US involvement in Vietnam ended. There were no US helicopter units in Vietnam.
so, if your only take away is he altered a DD214 form that is a federal crime like 20 years in prison crime
Vietnam vets are currently in their late 70's to their 80's. My father is 96 and served in the military during the Vietnam war. 1973 we were pulling out of Vietnam.
True, but “advisors” stayed there doing work. Clearly this chump wasn’t one of them.
Another lying politician, imagine that.
A trumpee at that !
Another lying Republican
That's a republican for you. Liar's and cheaters, all of them.
George Santos . Is that you?
Or, Biden or Kerry. They all lie.
Donald Trump's favourite cousin
George Santos is now chief of military in Brazil. Can't be him.
@@HarietSims You can never trust that George Soros type. Their lives are a lie.
Anyone that serves in the military. Whether in non combat or combat deserves our respect. By claiming a position or medals not received diminishes his service. Personally after 10 years in the Army, the cooks and supply were my heroes.
A lying Republican?? Nooooooooo
The fact that he hid in office speaks volumes! If he was a combat veteran he would be oh so happy to stand in front of cameras and defend his honor! I would be angry if I served and was called a liar! Only liars hide from the truth when the actual news catches up with them!
It’s criminal to alter a DD214.
Stolen valor is considered by veterans to be the lowest of the low. No veteran will vote for such a person.
If it is between a democratic veteran and a republican who lies about their service, 99% of republicans will still vote for their party.
He was in the voluntary Army the same period that I was; he’s a stolen valor! Keep calling him out!
Stolen Valor: if so, is far beyond a lie. Looks like it is especially being as the GOP is calling out their own. Thanks Jim S
I served with the CIA, CAG and Seal Team 6. Hardest deployment ever. (Worked on same base as them.) Thats how I read most veteran politicians like DeSantis when they speak about service. Talk about what you did not who you served with or alongside.
He reminds me of George Santos his looks and his lies.
Pretty much, the ones who really did the difficult stuff aren't the ones bragging about it.
Doesn’t surprise me all they do is lie
It's against the law! File charges and have him arrested!
Well ... 1. Appears he is a liar. 2. Refuses to speak to the media. 3. Calls party members "Losers." 4. Has Wendy watching his back? Sounds like a MAGA Approved candidate to me.
Republicans Figure, If Trump Lies and gets away with it, So can I.
Yeah, democrats never lie. Fool
Falsified DD-214, pathetic.
When you consider that his idol dodged the draft with fake bonespurs and then had the nerve to say the he wished he'd got a Purple Heart, how surprising is this?
Biden asked for 5 college deferments during the war, then wrangled a 1-Y draft exemption for ‘teenage asthma’…despite working as a lifeguard and being such a good high school football player…he claims he was offered acceptance into the US Navy Academy…to play football.😀
The incessant fawning of civilians over military members makes this attractive to some.
It's crazy how Americans act towards their military. On one side, you have civilians giving them praise and, as you say, fawning over them, and on the other side, the government throws them on the scrap heap. It's difficult to comprehend for an outsider.
@@laupernutas a United States citizen it’s hard for me to comprehend
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOMMMmmmmm
Charge and arrest him.
It’s time to abandon the Republican Party and start something new. There’s just too many shady characters that have embedded themselves in it. Including Trump and his Epstein activities.
The whole government is screwed, but Democrats are by far the worst… they literally are laundering millions of dollars every day
He should be arrested for forgery and fraud.
Republican lies are now their platform, what the hell happened to my party 😢
Your party is dead. It's the party of Trump now. Vote blue!!!!
Nixon, Reagan, Gingrich, McConnell, both Bushes, Cheney, Cruz, Greene, Boebert, Graham, Santos, Gaetz, DeSantis, Trump, Bannon, Devos, Huckabee Sanders, McCarthy and more happened
@@ChristophBrinkmannmainly trump! Hes the worse one yet!!
When were they honest? Most politicians lie.
Thanks to the men and women who’ve served in our American armed forces, 👏🫡🇺🇸.
Rest In Peace to Dona Sr🙏🫡🇺🇸
A trump store selling trump hats, shirts, flags and who knows what else. What exactly is going on? This is not normal. It just isn’t.
Grifters gonna grift
MAGA' isn't normal
I mean, lying has worked out so well for his Dear Leader……. 🤣🤡
My god you have a business and dignity and then lie for a job .
Dignity? He’s a simp.
Suspend how about stopping and crawling back under that rock. Disgusting stealing valor.
You have to love a guy who is running a front store selling knock off Chinese made apparel, even if it’s not made in China all of it is not made in the US. It has been proven in time and time again. The people that are the loudest about their veteran status are the ones that did the least amount. See the congressional candidate in Ohio that claimed he a combat veteran, but never deployed to a combat.
Show Low? Well, now we know, he SHOW how LOW he can go!
I bought my first firearm ( 9mm handgun) at 63 years old. My storage unit was broken into. Spent an hour with a Deputy doing the report. Started taking about his sidearm (glock 43). Shared with him about my search and eventual purchase. He replied that I'm now an American Patriot. Scary!!! Still the same person . Just saddled with the obligation of being a responsible gun owner.
So you met a fake patriot traitor with a badge!
Dude, the 43 is a sub compact pistol. No one would use that for duty and no one makes a level 3 holster for it.
Why would you keep a firearm in a storage unit? Are you simple?
Because this guy and his wife are lying, that’s why they’re hiding. They don’t want anybody to know the truth, even though his accusers have already looked into it already,this loser needs to step down and his wife needs to stop being so rude. She’s covering up him because she knows he’s lying.
A “Trump store” supporter and people are surprised he lies like Trump 🤪🤡🤪🤡 GQP
Not for nothing, but doesn’t his lies make him the absolute perfect GOP candidate?
Well, he's a liar. But on the other hand he owns the Trump Store. So he'll probably win the primary.
My brother served in Vietnam in the Navy he has unfortunately passed, but was always tormented by the war. For this idiot to claim all these great things he did is a disgrace to our country and all who served. My heart always goes out to those veterans.
A dishonest Republican? Who would have thunk
Valor, like honor... you have it, or you dont.. eyes open America.
Looks like a toxic dump site.
I’m an Afghanistan combat vet. My dad is a retired Air Force Crew Chief. If it wasn’t for guys like my dad none of us on the ground could get where we need to be; nor could we get home safe. Every vet is a little cog in a big machine, all with different MOSs, AFSCs or Ratings that we all should be proud of without embellishment. That said, I’m not surprised that this guy in particular would be the type to lie about his service when there was no reason too. Rather then be proud of the part he played, he himself diminished it.
This is America now, we have to vote these people out
Why doesn’t this surprise me? 😐
People have been doing it since the beginning of time, nothing new to lying. Joe said he was backed by border patrol, false. Joe even lies about his son’s service. Lies about his education and degrees. Lies about his son Hunter. Get a clue.
Isn't stolen valor a crime
Dd214 tells it all.
I know a few guys like myself who received there retirement awards after retirement. Can't be added to the 214.
@@vihtoripuurola3775 ya, your not in the military anymore. That was a weird statement. What retirement awards do they give out? First time I am hearing about it.
@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei The George Santos lifetime achievement.
@@vihtoripuurola3775 - Yes, a DD Form-215 can be issued which is an update to a DD-214 and can be used in place of the originally issued DD-214 to show additional awards, times in service, dates, etc.
@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei My LOM came in the mail about 3 months after my retirement. Submitted it 8 months out and it was still late.
YES OF COURSE HE ALTER HIS RECORDS, STEVE YOU GOT CAUGHT, STEPPED DOWN NOW!
Put Senior Chief Don Shipley on the case...he will settle it...
Yes, PLEASE!!
I thought he only checked if they were navy seals?
@@Lawomenshoops Maybe he can make an exception since this guy is running for public office.
That guy is an ass clown.
Shitley is too busy right now- trying to settle all the lawsuits against him and fighting Criminal Charges against himself and his wife.
ran around calling himself a Vietnam combat pilot, even though official military records say he was a helicopter repairman in Korea - one who enlisted three months after U.S. troops pulled out of Vietnam
How did I know before they said repugnantcon!
Thank you to the Republican Country organization for taking this seriously. It's important. We need honest candidates with honest ethics and good character. 🇺🇸🗳💪
No one lies like the ol' GOP.
This may be hard to accept, but almost everyone who claimed to be a military hero really wasn't. Even Clint Eastwood would mention his Marine service during the Korean War, even though he spent his entire service as a lifeguard at Fort Ord. Decades of excessive military worship have caused Americans to forget what a real hero actually is.
Another example: R. Lee Ermey became THE face of the military, even though he never saw any combat. Outside of his 2-3 years as a drill instructor, he was a marine airfield tech. He even got a medical discharge due to 'injuries during service', even though he was never shot at or shot at anyone.
Ermey never claimed combat.
Not surprised a typical trump supporter 😢
And Biden doesn’t lie? Search Biden lies on CZcams. Better get a lot of popcorn.
Dark to light.❤.Please and thankyou. Prayers for all humanity.
A lying Republican is redundant
He should drop out and he needs to be embarrassed in public
He lives in a town of a few hundred, and is related to most of them. There is no shame in Show Low.
My uncle was eaten by cannibals 😂❄️🍻🇺🇲
What a goddamn disgrace. They go to great lengths to make sure the DD214 is perfect because it is the final discharge form.
A Republican lying no way
Your guy has a serious history of lying, education, corn pop, marching for civil rights, his golf handicap, being backed by border patrol, need me to keep going?
Clinton lied under oath about sticking cigars in Monica.
You are delusional