Fact-check: “Senator Richard Blumenthal served in Vietnam”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
Multiple documented primary sources, including military records and Blumenthal's own acknowledgment, confirm that he did not serve in Vietnam. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1970, served stateside in Washington D.C. and Connecticut until 1976, and received five draft deferments prior to that enlistment. Blumenthal himself acknowledged on multiple occasions that he had 'misspoken' when he made statements implying Vietnam service.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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