After catching quite a bit of flak for questioning John McCain’s warrior bonafides, Donald Trump assembled a coalition called the Veterans for Trump. The relevant press release included a list of names of veterans, some of whom have now denied, to The Guardian, that they were consulted at all.

“These veterans have pledged their support to Mr Trump in the primary, and they will be advocating for him,” the announcement read. But The Guardian called some of those veterans and found that several were completely ignorant of their inclusion in the coalition. “I don’t know anything about it,” said 88-year-old, World War II-veteran Ernie Fusi. “I don’t like it... ‘Cause I haven’t given anyone permission to send my name around.”

The Guardian reports that three veterans they contacted denied any conscious participation in the “Veterans for Trump” coalition. Two are quoted in the story; there are 51 names on the list. Earlier this summer, Trump was accused of paying actors to participate in the announcement of his candidacy.

“I haven’t told anyone I want to get in on that,” Fusi, who said he would vote for whomever the GOP nominated for president, told The Guardian. “I’m not going to do any campaigning.”

Donald Richards, another veteran, expressed similar sentiments. “I’m not a member of the campaign, no,” he said. “I have no connection any more than anybody else does to him.”

“I’m not walking around with a sign saying ‘I’m voting for Trump,’” Richards said. “I’m not doing that. I’m just a regular citizen who hasn’t made up his mind yet who I’m voting for.”

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