Clyde Shavers lied about his military service. Washington Democrats rewarded him with a seat on a veterans committee in the House.
Shavers, a Democrat representing the 10th legislative district, narrowly defeated the Republican incumbent state senator after news broke that he fabricated his military history. On his campaign website, Shavers claimed to have served “for more than eight years, he served as a nuclear submarine officer and public affairs officer with tours in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.” But he didn’t serve eight minutes on a nuclear submarine.
The Democrat’s father, who outed the deceit in a public letter, said his son only passed one of three courses
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