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GOP Candidate Insists He Served in Afghanistan

September 23, 2022 · 2:13 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Ohio congressional candidate J.R. Majewski (R) told reporters that he did serve in Afghanistan — contrary to reports — but he refused to provide any proof, the Toledo Blade reports.

Said Majewski: “The orders and military records that I have been able to obtain from my personal files shows that all of my deployments are listed as classified.”

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