FILE - J.R. Majewski, Republican candidate for U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th Congressional District, speaks at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2022.
FILE - J.R. Majewski, Republican candidate for U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th Congressional District, speaks at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2022. Republicans’ chances to flip an Ohio House swing seat took a hit this week after it was revealed that Republican candidate and Jan. 6 attendee J.R. Majewski allegedly lied about his military service.Wednesday that Majewski had misrepresented his military service.
According to military records, Majewski was primarily stationed at an Air Force base in Japan, but did serve a six-month deployment in Qatar loading planes to support the Afghanistan war effort in 2002. This is a contrast to the language of his campaign, where he refers to himself as a"combat veteran," with a biography published by national Republicans referring to him as being part of a"squadron [that] was one of the first on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11.