Montana park ranger says Senate candidate Tim Sheehy lied about combat wound

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian

A former Montana park ranger has now publicly accused Tim Sheehy – a Republican running for a US Senate seat in the state – of lying about getting shot while at war in Afghanistan.

In an interview with the Washington Post published on Friday, 67-year-old Kim Peach went on the record about how Sheehy – a former US navy seal – actually shot himself on a family trip in 2015 at Glacier national park. Peach’s account explicitly contradicts Sheehy’s claim that he was shot in the arm during military combat, a story that the Republican candidate has shared throughout his US Senate campaign.

Peach said that Sheehy’s allegedly self-inflicted wound left him with a bullet lodged in his right arm at Glacier national park in Montana’s Rocky Mountains. He told the Post that he first met Sheehy at a hospital in the area of the park during the aftermath of the 2015 episode.

“I remember Sheehy obviously being embarrassed by the situation but at the same time thankful that it wasn’t worse,” Peach said to the Post. There, Sheehy also confirmed to Peach that he had mistakenly shot himself after his firearm discharged in his car.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/tim-sheehy-gunshot-wound-montana-park-ranger

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Later in the linked article it's disclosed that Peach has faced harassment over this..... typical GQP BS.

[marble falls]

1. In case one might wish to comment of Tim's cool story ...

... https://timformt.com/

[BComplex]

2. Damn lying republicans!!! They all want to present themselves as something respectable, while they aren't in the

least bit respectable, because they lie their asses off!!!

I hope Montana voters kick this wannabe hero asshole to the curb.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Did he get a Purple Heart for it?

[24601]

17. His received the Purple Heart in 2014 and the reported park shooting was in 2015. One does not preclude the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Sheehy_(businessman)

[Martin68]

4. Stupid MAGAt is still claiming his self-inflicted bullet wound occurred in Afghanistan.

Keep hammering away at this!

[republianmushroom]

5. Chuckle, chuckle

liars lie.

[70sEraVet]

6. WWTCD

In response to the Post’s reporting in April, Sheehy claimed that he actually lied to Peach in 2015 about accidentally shooting himself. Sheehy said that he fell and injured his arm during the hike in Glacier – but he lied about the self-inflicted shooting to conceal the fact that he may have obtained the bullet wound during friendly fire that he endured while fighting in Afghanistan.

(same article)

Sheehy's 'excuse for lying' doesn't make any sense -- the military would certainly have records of him being shot in the arm. He should have just blamed it on one of his kids -- you know, WWTCD (What Would Ted Cruz Do)!

[cbabe]

7. This makes no sense: bullet wound at the hospital with

the ranger witness.

But Sheehy claims it was a war wound. When was that? Still bleeding after months/years?

Prove it. Show us your military records.

Stolen valor sounds like.

[Farmer-Rick]

8. Never trust a Republican who claims war valor

Whether it is a medal, an injury, a disability or a deployment, they always lie. You must always check it.

[Lulu KC]

9. This story made me send a little more $ to Tester

I hope it motivates some people with $$$.

So maddening. Grrrrr.

[hay rick]

10. Sheehy shoots campaign in foot, gives Tester campaign shot in arm...

[dchill]

11. This story about an arm needs to get some legs!

Not exactly stolen valor - let's call it "counterfeit valor."

[progressoid]

13. And yet they accused Tim Walz of it.

[dchill]

14. Nazi-level projection. Twenty-four seven.

[GB_RN]

16. It's Been Out There For A While Now.

I’m not even from Montana, but I read about Sheehy (She-He? Sounds like something else might be funky 😂 ) and his claim of being shot while on deployment, but there was this counter narrative about shooting himself, which had actual documentation from the Park Service.

[progressoid]

12. Stolen Valor!! Stolen Valor!! Stolen Valor!! Stolen Valor!!

Republicans love to sceam about that.

[stopdiggin]

15. it would seem a combat wound would be pretty much dead easy to either

confirm or deny. Why hasn't such been done?

This either happened, or it didn't - in which case it would represent an egregious episode of stolen valor - and people tend to get pretty darned worked up over that!

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[LaMouffette]

18. Sheehy won't release his hospital records about the incident, either, which might explain what really happened. He is a

chip off the ol' lying Orange Turd, I tell you! In his debate with Tester a couple weeks ago, Tester gave Sheehy the chance to apologize for his comment about "drunk Indians at 8:30 in the morning," and Sheehy refused to apologize.

And the ads accusing Jon Tester of all the things that REPUBLICANS are actually guilty of are absolutely relentless.

I hope to God that Jon kicks Sheehy's ass on November.