Sen. JD Vance fired back at CNN after an anchor suggested he embellished his own military service as the Republican vice presidential nominee hammered his Democratic rival over his record.
Vance (R-Ohio), who served as a US Marine in Iraq, has taken aim at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as questions have been swirling over how he represented his military service since he was tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate.
But, according to CNN’s Brianna Keilar, Vance “may be an imperfect messenger” on the issue.
“Because we have, as you introduced him, as a combat correspondent, which is what [Vance’s] title was,” Keilar told her CNN colleague Dana Bash on Thursday.
“But when you dig a little deeper into that, he was a public affairs specialist, someone who did not see combat, which certainly the title ‘combat correspondent’ kind of gives you a different impression. So he may be the imperfect messenger on that.”
Vance knocked Keilar and CNN on social media.
“Brianna this is disgusting, and you and your entire network should be ashamed of yourselves,” Vance wrote on X.
“When I got the call to go to Iraq, I went. Tim Walz said he carried a gun in a war. Did he? No. It was a lie.”