Now It's Maryland's Dem Governor Who Stands Accused Of Fudging His Military Record

Posted • August 31, 2024: First, it was Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was accused of “being untruthful” about his military record. Now it’s Maryland Governor Wes Moore, who recently delivered a speech at the DNC and is considered a rising star in his party, and whose “guns” (biceps) Joe Biden admires. You see, Moore had been introduced as a Bronze Star recipient by television interviewers in 2008 and 2010 and neither he nor his aides corrected them—despite the fact that he did not receive the award. As controversies go, it didn’t ruin his career, and he won the gubernatorial election in 2022. For years he’s insisted that he himself never claimed he received the Bronze Star. Except now it turns out that he did: But at least once, Mr. Moore, now the state’s Democrat governor, did say he had received the award.

He made the claim on an application for a prestigious White House fellowship in 2006, when he was 27 years old, according to a copy of the document that was obtained this week by The New York Times as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. “For my work,” he wrote, “the 82nd Airborne Division have awarded me the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge.” However, when Mr. Moore submitted the application in January 2006, he had not been awarded either the Bronze Star or the Combat Action Badge. He was awarded the badge in May 2006 for an episode the previous December, but there is no record showing that he ever received a Bronze Star, an Army spokeswoman said.

Oops. It was all just “an honest mistake,” Moore explained. His commanding officer told him that he should put it on the application because the paperwork was in process, and he would soon receive the commendations. That’s all well and good—but did he ever go back and correct the record when he did not in fact receive the Bronze Star? No. As even the New York Times noted, “As long as the U.S. military has bestowed awards, it has been considered a serious breach of protocol to claim an honor that has not been given.” (…)

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