Pro-Trump ‘War Hero’ Featured on Fox News Never Actually Served
A military veteran glowingly featured by Fox News earlier this month for his pro-Trump artwork and his record as a “war hero” admitted Thursday to lying about his military service. John Garofalo, 72, was featured in a Bryan Llenas report as having served seven years as a Navy SEAL, receiving 22 commendations, including two Purple Hearts, and having been listed twice as missing in action during Vietnam. Garofalo, who personally carved a presidential seal to gift President Trump, is a “tough, tough man,” Llenas said, after calling him a “hero” during an interview. Fox News anchor Eric Shawn later remarked: “God bless John Garofalo. We certainly hope maybe the president is listening.” However, when the Navy Times reached out to Garofalo on Thursday, he confessed to having lied about his military service. “What I did I’m ashamed of, and I didn’t mean to cause so much disgrace to the SEALs,” he told the Times .
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Opps, caught with the hand in the cookie jar.
Faux News loves fraudsters like this guy and James O'Keefe.
See Fox has corrected the record. I'd have thought news/entertainment channels would vet their guests...especially since lying about military service is verifiable!
Stolen Valor deplorables are the worse kind of deplorables IMO.