<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of the <i>DuffelBlog</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.duffelblog.com/2018/10/senator-proudly-cites-dna-test-to-prove-hes-nearly-1-percent-veteran/?utm_source=Normal+Subscribers&utm_campaign=03ef0fc858-Duffel_Blog_Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6d392bc034-03ef0fc858-23783321&goal=0_6d392bc034-03ef0fc858-23783321&mc_cid=03ef0fc858&mc_eid=48e6937308">https://www.duffelblog.com/2018/10/senator-proudly-cites-dna-test-to-prove-hes-nearly-1-percent-veteran/?utm_source=Normal+Subscribers&utm_campaign=03ef0fc858-Duffel_Blog_Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6d392bc034-03ef0fc858-23783321&goal=0_6d392bc034-03ef0fc858-23783321&mc_cid=03ef0fc858&mc_eid=48e6937308</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><div><br><h1 class="mvp-post-title left entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 3.5rem; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; float: left; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.1; width: 983.03125px; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Senator proudly cites DNA test to prove he’s nearly 1 percent veteran</h1></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BOSTON — Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Dickard Rosenthal has released the results of genetic testing to add legitimacy to his claim that he is “basically a veteran” and “should be treated as such”.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The DNA test shows that he has a distant grandparent that may have possibly fought in the Thirty Years War, the French Revolution, or was a member of a Mongol horde terrorizing eastern Europe in the 13th century, Roesnthal said in a press release and a subsequent CNN-sponsored town hall event.</div><div><br></div><div>“I am proud to show the American people, and especially Donald Trump, that I am indeed pretty much a veteran, and the sacrifices on behalf of my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (possibly) grandMOTHER’s (sic) service, between 300 and 1000 years ago, should not go unrecognized, or unrewarded,” Rosenthal’s press release reads.</div><div><br></div><div>“I am proud to possibly be tangentially related to someone who may have served something somewhere,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Rosenthal, a progressive firebrand widely considered to be a front-runner in the Democratic Party for the 2020 presidential primary, has faced repeated criticism for his decades-old claim of veteran status.</div><div><br></div><div>Records indicate the senator used his claim to be a veteran as a means to gain crucial status within a minority group as he applied to prestigious positions at Ivy League institutions and subsequently in his successful Senate run.</div><div><br></div><div>“Frankly, my previously uncorroborated claims were all I needed to be a veteran. But with this DNA test, I can now conclusively say I am distantly related to a veteran, which is basically the same as being one. It is now the responsibility of Donald Trump and his Republican allies to prove that I am not,” Rosenthal said.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>