VoteVets On New Bombshell Reports About Inconsistencies in Tim Sheehy’s Accounts Of His Military Service

VoteVets issued the following statement today following two bombshell reports today from the New York Times and Washington Post revealed new details about Tim Sheehy’s lies about his military injuries and his service. 

The New York Times interviewed Sheehy’s former platoon mates, including Navy SEAL Dave Madden, who is “convinced that Mr. Sheehy had invented the story” of getting shot in the arm in Afghanistan – an injury that federal records say was the result of Sheehy shooting himself in a Glacier National Park parking lot. 

The Washington Post interviewed the park ranger, Kim Peach, who is publicly sharing his firsthand account of what happened in Glacier National Park for the first time. 

Statement of Travis Tazelaar, Marine Corps veteran and Political Director of VoteVets:

“These new bombshell reports detailing Tim Sheehy’s inconsistencies in describing his military service raises serious questions and concerns. As a veteran-led organization, we are deeply troubled that a fellow veteran may have misrepresented aspects of their service while trying to win a political campaign. Montanans deserve to be represented by someone who will be honest with them and the nation. Tim Sheehy has been known to lie about nearly everything – from growing up “rural” to living “below the poverty line”  – and today’s reporting only deepens concerns that Sheehy will only continue to be dishonest with Montanans.”