{"id":79601,"date":"2018-05-24T09:02:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T13:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79601"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:45:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:45:45","slug":"phony-marine-alex-wolpert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79601","title":{"rendered":"Phony Marine Alex Wolpert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=79510\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79510\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1064523815-263x300.png?resize=263%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1064523815.png?resize=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1064523815.png?resize=292%2C333&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1064523815.png?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last week, we talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79509\">Alex Wolpert<\/a>, the fellow who confronted an aging Laotian man and accused him of stolen valor. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article211751809.html\">Sacramento Bee<\/a> reports that Wolpert, who claimed he was a Marine, has admitted that he was not a Marine;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wolpert gained public notoriety after a viral video of the incident was shared on Facebook on May 13 by someone claiming they were posting it on behalf of their parents, who live in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Marine, I fought for my country,\u201d Wolpert says in the video, pointing at the elderly man. \u201cAnd this m&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; is going to wear that s&#8212;?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolpert said he comes from a military family but admitted to lying about his status as a U.S. Marine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was caught up and emotionally upset,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Poor little fella. Snake actually tracked down and verified that Wolpert&#8217;s father was in the Army. Wolpert was born at Fort Sill, Oklahoma;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=79602\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79602\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wolpert-SCRA-213x300.jpg?resize=213%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wolpert-SCRA.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wolpert-SCRA.jpg?resize=236%2C333&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wolpert-SCRA.jpg?w=681&amp;ssl=1 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wolpert said he was currently taking classes at a rehabilitation center in light of the incident. He and his family have received death threats, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They always claim that they&#8217;re getting death threats. When I see someone being arrested, I&#8217;ll believe it. There aren&#8217;t enough classes to get that BS out of Wolpert&#8217;s system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we talked about Alex Wolpert, the fellow who confronted an aging Laotian man and accused him of stolen valor. 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