He has for years not only failed to correct being referred to as Vietnam Vet but encouraged it but talking about how he has treated as expendable while he served during the Vietnam War times. He called himself a Recon Ranger and an infantrymen. In reality he was a reservist who was never deployed, only served a couple of months as infantry before being moved to refrigeration repair. All of his service was after we stopped ground combat operations. He was discharged early for unnamed conduct reasons.
Best of all there is no such thing as a recon ranger. The Marines have Force Recon the army has airborne rangers. There is a Jodie (songs you sing while running or marching) That goes "I want to be a recon ranger I want to live the life of danger" Of course it a complete ripoff of an army Jodie and the left ranger in the re to rhyme with danger. Recon Ranger became a joke for someone who thought he was a badass.
If I white guy wearing a MAGA hat had done the same thing the media would have figured out in hours and eviscerated him. Instead bloggers figured it and the media grudgingly admitted it was true while making excuses for him. Kind of like Obama and his racist hate preacher.