Blumenthal Ducks Vietnam Question, Says the WaPo Gave Trump’s Comments ‘Four Pinocchios’

BLITZER: "Before I let you go, I got to let you respond. The President has really been going after you rather bluntly over these past few days for misleading your Connecticut constituents about your service. You served in the U.S. Marine Corps reserves but never in Vietnam, although you suggested you had served in Vietnam. The President is really saying you can’t believe a word that Senator Blumenthal, Da Nang Richard he calls you, because of that. Your response?"

BLUMENTHAL: "This is a pattern. It won’t stop me. It won’t distract me or silence me. He is distorting. His falsehoods are easily apparent. He received four Pinocchios from The Washington Post and The Hartford Courant has detailed the facts, and I will stick with those facts."

BLITZER: "Senator Blumenthal, you got a lot of work to do. Thanks very much for joining us. I appreciate it."