(Ah, missed this when I wrote mine. I’ll add the pictures to the flip of this diary. – promoted by SFBrianCL)

The LA Times has found out that Richard Mountjoy is a liar:

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mountjoy has claimed in his campaign biography that he served aboard the battleship Missouri during the Korean War, but his military record shows no assignment on the famous vessel, The Times has found.

Now remember this is the man who is running around CA talking about sins and sinners, a man who has invoked, over and over, Christianity in his campaign.

More from the Times:

In an interview Thursday, Mountjoy acknowledged that he did not serve on the Missouri. Last week, when first asked about his record, he said his Missouri stint had been “very brief” and that he otherwise served on the U.S. heavy cruiser Bremerton, which has a less celebrated history.

However:

The statement about the Missouri was on Mountjoy’s campaign website, alongside a photo of him as a young sailor. It read:

“After graduating from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School, Dick joined the Navy and served during the Korean War aboard the Battleship Missouri.”

Mountjoy claims that he didn’t know that the statement was on his website, and as of yesterday his website has finally removed the statement.

Editor’s note: I added images from his site after the flip

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