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Fake Purple Heart recipient facing decades in prison
HotAir ^ | August 29, 2016 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 08/29/2016 4:18:49 PM PDT by Trump20162020

I caught up with this story last week but didn’t bring it up before now, mostly because it was just too sad. The tale in question revolves around a court case featuring Darryl Lee Wright. Darryl volunteered to serve his country in the National Guard and was deployed to Iraq in 2005. While there, his vehicle was struck by an enemy rocket, injuring Mr. Wright physically and leaving him with severe PTSD to the point where he was completely crippled in terms of interacting with normal society. He was eventually awarded the Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge. Returning home he required extensive support and benefits just to keep going for years on end.

Or so he had everyone believing. As The Washington Post recently reported, it was all a lie. He was there on the day in question, but the rocket missed his vehicle completely. The rest was a fabrication.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: darrylleewright; iraq; purpleheart

1 posted on 08/29/2016 4:18:50 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

He could be the Sec. State someday!


2 posted on 08/29/2016 4:20:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (~Putin made me post this!~)
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To: Trump20162020

Hitlery’s next SecDef.


3 posted on 08/29/2016 4:22:12 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: TigersEye

Was he injured in the ass?


4 posted on 08/29/2016 4:23:05 PM PDT by umgud (ban all infidelaphobics)
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To: Trump20162020

Did his injuries involve rice grains embedded in his butt?


5 posted on 08/29/2016 4:37:03 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (The reason for Gun Control has always been Government's Fear of Rebellion.)
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To: Trump20162020

Should be a NEWS ANCHOR.

Or maybe a Prez candidate.

6 posted on 08/29/2016 4:37:53 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Trump20162020

Bayonet practice anyone? With unsharpened blades and a blunt point please.

guys like this make my blood boil.


7 posted on 08/29/2016 4:56:09 PM PDT by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: Trump20162020

Poster child for pussy-dom.


8 posted on 08/29/2016 4:58:42 PM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: hondact200; shibumi; 50mm; Semper Mark; Old Sarge; Larry Lucido

Relevant


9 posted on 08/29/2016 5:04:39 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: TigersEye

More than qualified. He combines the best qualities of John F’n Kerry (who served in Viet Nam) and Killary Clinton.


10 posted on 08/29/2016 5:05:16 PM PDT by upchuck (2 Timothy 3:13: But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.)
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To: Trump20162020; Jet Jaguar

Lowest of the low scumbags!


11 posted on 08/29/2016 5:11:44 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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To: Darksheare; hondact200; 50mm; Semper Mark; Old Sarge; Larry Lucido
"Relevant"

You're correct Sir.

We have one of those faker scumbags right here in our midst on FreeRepublic.

Not fit company for patriots and true veterans.

He should climb back on his Honda MoPed and vanish.
But it seems he gets drunked up or drugged up or whatever
and spews his illiterate crap all over our Forum.

If ever anyone deserved a GI Blanket Party.....

12 posted on 08/29/2016 5:33:26 PM PDT by shibumi (I am the Nexus One I want more life Muthah I ain't done *~)
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To: Darksheare; hondact200; 50mm; Semper Mark; Larry Lucido; Old Sarge
The article is very well written.
One paragraph in particular struck especially as being on point for our resident fraud:

But all of those charges are for defrauding the government out of all the benefits. It’s a form of theft and certainly merits the punishment coming his way. There will, however, be no punishment for the biggest theft of all… Stolen Valor. It’s a crime frequently perpetrated by people who never served in uniform at all, but in some ways it seems even worse when it turns out to be one of our actual service members. While Darryl is to be commended for originally volunteering and putting his life on the line, all of that credit is washed away by his subsequent actions. He has stolen something far more valuable than money because he sacrificed his own honor and tarnished the spirit of all those who truly suffered in defense of the nation. By comparison, a thief who simply steals money from a bank is nearly a saint.

~Amen~

13 posted on 08/29/2016 5:43:49 PM PDT by shibumi (I am the Nexus One I want more life Muthah I ain't done *~)
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To: umgud

If not I’m sure it could be arranged. ;-)


14 posted on 08/29/2016 5:47:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (~Putin made me post this!~)
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To: Trump20162020

This bum is the former son-in-law of some friends of ours. A real dirtbag and scam artist.


15 posted on 08/29/2016 6:27:14 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: Trump20162020; markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; ...

Active Duty ping.


16 posted on 08/29/2016 6:27:49 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: shibumi
We have one of those faker scumbags right here in our midst on FreeRepublic.

Name him.

I'll out his ass and gather official rebuttal on his sorry two-bit ass.

He'll wish he'd kept his stinking traitor mouth shut.

I relish adding another notch to my gun.

17 posted on 08/29/2016 6:48:35 PM PDT by OldSmaj (Voting for Hillary because she is a woman is like eating a turd because it looks like a Baby Ruth.)
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To: OldSmaj

You’ll find your answer right here -

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3358926/posts?q=1&;page=51

This has been ongoing (off and on as he disappears periodically) for over 10 months now.


18 posted on 08/29/2016 7:37:24 PM PDT by shibumi (I am the Nexus One I want more life Muthah I ain't done *~)
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To: Trump20162020

How about John Kerry he received three. One for shooting a stone wall and scratching himself in the leg.


19 posted on 08/29/2016 8:51:13 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: shibumi; OldSmaj
Even better, the person in question claims to have been "entombed for days" in the rubble of the Marine Barracks that was bombed in Lebanon in 1983 when public record shows nobody was pulled out alive after noon the first day.
20 posted on 08/30/2016 6:28:17 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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