Trump brought Marine on stage who claimed he's someone he's not (CNN)

[ItsjustMe]

During a rally in Georgia, former President Donald Trump invited Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark to the stage, implying he was the Marine in a viral video who lifted a child over a wall at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Problem is, the Marine Corps says it wasn't Clark in the video. CNN's Kristin Fisher reports.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. That's exactly something he would do. Lie about someone.

[marble falls]

2. It is so hard to believe that anyone though he could pull this off after watching how the FBI ...

... has been picking off Jan 6ers left and right. And just like the Jan 6ers, in a place with one of the highest concentration of cameras, film, tape, live uploads - on the front pages of even the West Bumblefark Gazette - in the world. He was in a unit, others know what he did and what he didn't.

He's in for a "World of Shit".

[WinstonSmith4740]

3. Gee.

Who's surprised that a pathological liar would highlight someone who is not only a liar himself, but perfectly willing to accept what should be someone else's praise?

[underpants]

4. Looks like "stolen valor" to me

Years ago there were all these videos of people getting busted posing as military when they weren’t. Mostly right wing people I know on Facebook. There were lots of these videos. I couldn’t believe that THAT many people were trying to pull this off. Confrontations at airports and just in the street. Maybe when I was in the Army I might be able to tell something about the uniform was wrong but I really can’t imagine paying that much attention to someone. I never could tell if these videos were just staged or not.

[TheRealNorth]

5. Is this more common in certain parts of the country?

Of course, I have never worked in a place that gives discounts or preferential treatment to members of the military/veterans, so maybe its something beneath my radar.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Let's make that former Lance Corporal...

This should qualify him for a dishonorable discharge.

[pfitz59]

7. The soon to be Pvt screwed the pooch

Not the brightest