I received an email from the campaign responsible for the surfacing of video of McHenry’s remarks, in which the polite staffer points out that the Sigmon campaign never claimed the guard was a soldier. Indeed, Sigmon(a Republican running against rival McHenry)’s campaign never called the guard a soldier. The YouTube description is as follows:

McHenry, who has no military experience, uses the occasion to “belittle” security personnel for properly carrying out their duties in a war zone and to bolster his image by exaggerating the extent of danger he was facing.

“Security personnel” is what the campaign claimed. Apparently the left decided that that automatically translates to “American soldier” and proceeded to blast McHenry for it. Turns out, “security personnel” actually means “foreign contractor”. That was reported by Michael Goldfarb by 2:30 PM on the day of the release. Think Progress, a prominent liberal site that assumed the guard was a soldier, updated with a statement acknowledging the guard was a contractor.

Yet hours later, Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann decided to run with the “soldier” angle anywho.

The woman filling in leaves no room for speculation about what he meant. She called the guard multiple times a “soldier” and then calling him an “American soldier” near the end. Is the MSNBC fact-checking team really that pathetic? Or did the dismally rated show know what they were about to say was bull, but decided to run with it anyway?