NEW: Congressman Barry Moore has been "intentionally misleading" voters about his military service for years, according to a former staffer who spoke with the Daily Mail.
Senior staffers reportedly made a "deliberate decision" to avoid using "veteran" in all communications.
Moore, however, has been using the term "veteran" throughout his campaign ads for U.S. Senate in Alabama.
"Multiple former staffers said that early in his congressional tenure, senior staff took a deliberate decision to avoid the word 'veteran' in all communications โ because Moore did not meet the qualifications - substituting 'former service member' instead," The Daily Mail reported.
"In a further eyebrow-raising revelation, The Daily Mail has learned that Moore was typically accompanied by veteran staffers onto military bases, as he lacked the active-duty or veteran ID card needed for independent access."
Retired Army Reserve Lt. Col. Ross Cline says Moore "turned two months of basic training into a fabricated military identity."
This state belongs to us, the people of Alabama. It doesnโt belong to outside AI Crypto Super PACs who are trying to buy this election.
Theyโve spent $10 million and counting slandering my name and supporting my opponent because they know he can be controlled.
They want to buy this race so they can throw their AI data centers in your backyard.
What we do with our land is our decision, not theirs.
I refuse to sit back and allow outside money to buy this race. We canโt let it happen.
My name is Jared Hudson.
I'm a Republican running for the US Senate here in Alabama.
I'm an outsider, and I fully support President Trump and fully support the Save America Act.
My motto is simple: We have to put Alabama First, and that means that our state determines our future, not California AI Crypto Super PACs.
Vote Jared Hudson for the US Senate on June 16th.
@realDonaldTrump Please remove your endorsement for Barry Moore. He hasn't been truthful about his military service & has threatened media outlets who have asked questions w/ lawsuits. He is just embarrassing the great state of Alabama & you. We deserve better. Integrity matters
Today I was joined by over a dozen veterans.
The voters of Alabama deserve the truth, and I have been willing to answer the questions because this Senate seat belongs to them.
But the first time my opponent gets asked real questions about things that he himself has said in the past, he hides behind Washington, D.C. lawyers and threatens to sue anybody who keeps asking.
Then, when his own words and his own record donโt match up, he runs to his crypto buddies and lets them spend another million and a half dollars lying about me.
I will always stand with those who have sacrificed for our country, but I will not stand by while career politicians run on their coattails for political gain.
Alabama deserves the truth, not D.C. lawyers, crypto money, and more lies from the swamp.
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@RockerRTR@BMooreSenate Exactly. Jared never once said people who serve in The Guard are not veterans. Barry is just trying to deflect instead of just answering the questions.
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@tPMBRTN19@BMooreSenate@JaredHudson_AL@CoachForGov I love cullman. I am on North Jefferson county so I go to cullman quite often. Did Jared win the primary vote there last month? He will t get as many votes in South Alabama so running the vote up in North central Alabama is key. Voter turnout will be low
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