The Minnesota Reformer reports:
An ad paid for by the GOP Super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund ran on TV stations for a day saying Tyler Kistner had “four combat deployments.” The Congressional Leadership Fund said it shipped an “incorrect version of the ad and fixed it ourselves on the same day.”
VoteVets, a progressive veterans organization supporting U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, who is in a tight rematch with Kistner in the 2nd Congressional District, sent letters asking to take down the ad because it said Kistner served four overseas tours — not four combat deployments — in non-combat regions such as Japan and Korea.
During the 2020 campaign, Kistner said he “put his enemy six feet under” and has “been on the wrong end of a loaded weapon.” During a February 2020 candidate forum, Kistner said, “I’ve been in fights, I’ve been in combat. I know exactly what it’s gonna take.”
Read the full article. There’s MUCH more. Kistner first appeared on JMG in 2020 after he was party to a failed lawsuit seeking to overturn the election.
Congressional candidate Tyler Kistner has repeatedly suggested he saw combat, but he didn’t. A GOP Super PAC was forced to pull ads that touted “four combat deployments.” https://t.co/AdUXASPOC8 via @mnreformer
— Minnesota Reformer (@MNReformer) October 5, 2022
“It dishonors those who have served…It is also totally disqualifying. Voters should hold Kistner responsible for misrepresenting his service and allowing this lie to perpetuate.” –@jonsoltz, VoteVets Chair#MN02https://t.co/FxQfWSkB0J
— VoteVets (@votevets) October 5, 2022
In his first run for Congress in 2020, Minnesota Republican candidate Tyler Kistner repeatedly claimed to have seen combat in the Marine Corps, but records prove this is untrue. https://t.co/k70xqoukQZ
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) October 5, 2022
.@KistnerCongress misled voters about his combat record on the campaign trail.
I have always respected Tyler’s honorable service to our nation, but I am stunned that he misrepresented
that record in order to win votes.Minnesotans deserve an explanation.https://t.co/fSg8UnFX9H
— Angie Craig (@AngieCraigMN) October 5, 2022
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My campaign released our first TV ad earlier this week!
My family can’t afford it @JoeBiden & @AngieCraigMN’s way.
Can you?
Let’s fix it!
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— Tyler Kistner for Congress (@KistnerCongress) September 16, 2022
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— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) October 4, 2022