Guy Who ‘Swift Boated’ John Kerry Is Back At It, This Time To Help Service-Dodging Trump

WASHINGTON — Two decades after attacking a fellow Purple Heart recipient in a political campaign, Chris LaCivita is back at it, this time in service of Donald Trump, who dodged military service by claiming he had bone spurs and who later called U.S. service members “suckers” and “losers.”

LaCivita is one of two established political consultants credited with giving the coup-attempting, convicted criminal former president a more effective and professional campaign this time compared to his 2016 and 2020 runs. He has, since the announcement of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the Democratic vice presidential nominee on Tuesday, been busy attempting to discredit Walz’s 24 years of service in the National Guard.

Trump’s campaign, run by LaCivita, and its allies are accusing Walz of abandoning his Guard unit just as it was about to be deployed to Iraq and for falsely suggesting in his earlier congressional campaigns that he had seen combat in a previous overseas posting.

“He’s going to be a household name,” LaCivita boasted in a social media post. “Like turpentine when we get done with him.”

LaCivita, 58, did not respond to HuffPost queries about why, given the wounds he received and blood he personally shed on behalf of the United States during the first Gulf War, he had chosen to work for a man who has for decades mocked military service.

In a recent interview with The Atlantic, LaCivita indicated that morals did not enter into his calculations when deciding whom to work for. “I never put myself in a position of judging somebody,” he said.

“People hire me to beat Democrats. That’s what I do. That’s what Chris LaCivita does. He beats Democrats, period.”

Trump avoided getting sent to Vietnam in the 1960s by claiming he had bone