For like, the war crimes and stuff. Because that seems like quite a significant factor. (Maybe this is common knowledge for people more plugged-in to US politics)
Edit - seems the answer is a resounding NO lol. I should have guessed on account of none of his defenders bringing it up.
Another edit - people, if a veteran-turned-politician said ‘I regret my time in the armed forces, and the shit I saw turned me anti-imperialist’ that would actually count for something. Please stop pretending that it wouldn’t.
Yeah, the more I think about it the more I think he might actually be telling the truth about the tattoo and he’s a complete dipshit stereotypical crayon eating enlisted marine and he’s so incurious about the entire world he couldn’t be bothered to reflect on it for a single moment in 20 years. Even if all the blackwater shit and masturbating over the massacre in Fallujah wasn’t disqualifying I think this would be.
I see exactly one way how this could still work out. He gets a UAW guy implanted directly into his ear canal.
Without I don’t see him suddenly start making good decisions.
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