Tag Archives: J.R. Majewski

The Daily Beast reports: Pro-Trump Republican congressional candidate J.R. Majewski is ending his 2024 dreams once and for all after already losing the Ohio congressional race in 2022. It all fell apart for Majewski last year when a report by the Associated Press surfaced claiming that he repeatedly misrepresented his combat service, including claiming that he served in Afghanistan despite …

Toledo’s CBS affiliate reports: Incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur has defeated Republican challenger J.R. Majewski to represent the newly redrawn Ohio 9th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Kaptur, 76, is the woman with the longest tenure in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate. She has been in the House since 1983. Majewski graduated …

Mediate reports: “Has anybody seen lyin’ Tim Ryan?” J.R. Mejewki asked, referring to the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate. “Or that drunk, nasty, Nancy Pelosi?” Pelosi does not drink alcohol. Majewski expressed “disappointment” the aforementioned politicians weren’t present at the rally, though it’s hard to imagine any reason they’d attend an event for their opponents. According to the Associated Press, Majewski …

The Hill reports: The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report announced on Friday that it is shifting its rating of a competitive Ohio House district in Democrats’ favor following reporting on the Republican candidate’s military credentials. Cook Political Report House editor Dave Wasserman wrote that the election watcher is changing its rating of Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, which features a …

The Air Force Times reports: Republican J.R. Majewski has centered his campaign for a competitive Ohio congressional seat around his biography as an Air Force veteran. But one of the big questions that has surfaced is why Majewski was told he could not reenlist in the Air Force after his initial four years were up. Majewski’s campaign said last week …

The Associated Press reports: Republican J.R. Majewski insisted today that he would stay in the race for a competitive northwest Ohio congressional seat after The Associated Press reported earlier this week that he misrepresented key elements of his Air Force service. The comments came amid growing fallout for Majewski, who repeatedly said he deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, …

The Daily Beast reports: After the Associated Press reported that Ohio Republican congressional hopeful J.R. Majewski had wildly exaggerated his military and professional background, Majewski held a press conference Friday to insist that his full military records are “classified.” Despite frequently boasting about being a “combat veteran” who fought in Afghanistan after 9/11, military records published by AP showed that …

Politico reports: The House GOP campaign arm is slashing a near-$1 million ad buy meant to target Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) — essentially walking away from what could have been an easy pickup for the party. The move comes a day after an Associated Press report that Kaptur’s opponent, JR Majewski, lied about his resume, including claiming that he deployed …

The Associated Press reports: Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, once describing “tough” conditions including a lack of running water that forced him to go more than 40 days without a shower. Military documents obtained by The Associated Press …

CNN reports: J.R. Majewski, the Air Force veteran who won the GOP primary for Ohio’s new 9th Congressional District, was a January 6 rally participant and has repeatedly shared pro-QAnon material — including a video showing him painting his lawn to say Trump 2020 with “Q” replacing the zeros. In April 2021, Majewski denied supporting QAnon in an interview with …