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NWCorona

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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 05:52 PM Dec 2016

No record of faithless elector' Chris Suprun as a 9/11 first responder [View all]

Source: ABC


The Republican elector who has gotten national attention for refusing to vote for Donald Trump at the Electoral College on Dec. 19 was apparently not a first responder on September 11, 2001 as he has stated for years and has a questionable career history, according to an investigation by WFAA.

In a heavily-publicized editorial this month for the New York Times, Suprun stated that as a member of the Electoral College he will not cast his ballot for Trump because the president-elect “shows daily he is not qualified for the office.”

Responding on Reddit today, Chris Suprun said he worked as a firefighter in Dale City, Virginia on September 11, 2001. But there's no listing for Dale City on his publicly available and comprehensive LinkedIn résumé. In September 2001, according to Suprun's LinkedIn résumé, he was employed by the Manassas Park, Virginia fire department. Suprun also does not list being a firefighter in Dale City, Virginia on a lengthy seven-page paper résumé he has recently handed out to potential employers in Texas. Neither Suprun nor his public relations firms have responded to WFAA since this story was first published.

"He claimed to be a first responder with the Manassas Park [Virginia] Fire Department on September 11, 2001 and personally told us stories 'I was fighting fire that day at the Pentagon.’ No, I was on a medic unit that day at the Pentagon and you make a phone call to Manassas Park and you find out that he wasn't even employed there until October 2001,” said a first responder who knows Suprun and only agreed to speak about him if his identity was concealed.

Read more: http://www.wfaa.com/mb/news/local/texas-news/no-record-of-faithless-elector-chris-suprun-as-a-911-first-responder/371421191



Anybody surprised? I'm so tired of the stolen valor crowd.
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Republicans show how their people only get 'vetted' if they try to walk away. Sunlei Dec 2016 #1
will they ever do this type of reporting on Trump ? JI7 Dec 2016 #2
why isn't anyone digging into the past of POS's "faithful" electors? n/t JustinL Dec 2016 #3
All "faithful" electors will prove themselves betrayers. Hortensis Dec 2016 #19
At least he has done something honorable if he continues to not support Trump. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2016 #4
Or course he's a fraud. He's an f'ing rethuglican.... paleotn Dec 2016 #5
This NWCorona Dec 2016 #9
Salon says this is a smear campaign OKNancy Dec 2016 #6
There's no doubt in my mind that the knives are out for this guy because he's against trump NWCorona Dec 2016 #10
He says he was a volunteer firefighter. Which presumably would explain why there would be no record LisaL Dec 2016 #12
Even volunteers are on the official rosters. I don't think it's an employment issue. NWCorona Dec 2016 #14
Even volunteers are usually on some official roster. keithbvadu2 Dec 2016 #15
Salon corroborated the fact he was an active firefighter in VA during the Pentagon attack, which he Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #17
Then why would he leave it out of his bio? keithbvadu2 Dec 2016 #18
What he claims and whether there is evidence for it, is verified Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #20
And yet the story crucially says "employed." Igel Dec 2016 #38
Stolen valor people suck. But maybe he can make it up by saving our democracy. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #7
If he ended up stopping Trump. He'd get somewhat of a pass from me. NWCorona Dec 2016 #13
Looks like the accusations are false, anyways... Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #23
Good for him if true NWCorona Dec 2016 #24
Oh for crying out loud. LisaL Dec 2016 #8
Definitely! That doesn't mean that this story isn't true tho. NWCorona Dec 2016 #11
So how did this guy become an elector? YOHABLO Dec 2016 #16
The headline is completely false. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #22
Texas electors are chosen at the state party conventions. Igel Dec 2016 #40
Just ABC spreading more fake news. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #21
What evidence supports his claim other than his saying it onenote Dec 2016 #25
Until there is credible reason to question it, he is under no cloud of suspicion Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #27
You said there was "plenty of evidence" that he was a firefighter in onenote Dec 2016 #35
ABC's entire basis for questioning him was that he wasnt in NY on 9/11 Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #36
Look, I hope WFAA is proven wrong onenote Dec 2016 #39
Attempting to discredit somebody over little to no evidence as the article is doing, is fake news Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #42
By all means lets not now do what the electoral college was CREATED to do and Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author hrmjustin Dec 2016 #28
See response #6 Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #29
Ah! Well if he can show where he volunteered he can throw this back at his detractors. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #31
Salon corroborated it Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #32
They tried to steal his valor! The GOP has no honor. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #34
Agreed. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #37
I was a first responder on 9-11. HassleCat Dec 2016 #30
See response #6 Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #33
Only ONE Republican elector has joined the "Hamilton Electors"? duffyduff Dec 2016 #41
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