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

Chris LaCivita, senior adviser to former president Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, speaks to reporters in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus in Atlanta on June 27. CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA via Getty Images 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. Later he called troops who died in service to the United States “suckers.” Despite all the years of Trump’s open derision of U.S. service members and their sacrifices, LaCivita nevertheless chose to work for him in 2022, and has been credited, along with Susie Wiles, for bringing a level of competence to Trump’s campaign that he had never before enjoyed. And when former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin praised Walz’s military service, LaCivita — again appearing to mimic Trump — lashed out at her with a personal attack. “Trump’s team is so desperate right now that they think no one will remember Trump’s dodging of active military service,” Wilson said.