Stolen Valor? At the 2024 Nevada County Fair, Jessica Morse claimed to have served in the military, then changed her story after being questioned by a military family. This occurred on the heels of national headlines spotlighting Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz being accused of stolen valor. Witnesses share their observations of what happened.
It was a warm summer day a little before sunset at the Nevada County Fair last week when a family waited at the gate to buy their entrance tickets. They were approached by Jessica Morse, Democrat candidate for U.S. Congress, who was making her way down the line passing out literature and campaigning.
Jeremy Sheckels remembers how his conversation with Morse started. “My dad, he served in the U.S. Military, for the Marines. We were in line and Jessica Morse was in front of us talking to another patron of the fair. As we were…