John Rutherford rushed out an official statement backing the war on the day the bombing of Iran started, so eager he misspelled the mission as "Operation Epic Furry" three separate times. His staff quietly fixed the typo in the middle of the night, but the call for an entire country to be "obliterated" in a conflict Congress never authorized stayed right where it was. His Jacksonville district is home to thousands of active-duty service members, and he repeatedly voted against ending the unauthorized war, while taking tens of thousands of dollars from pro-war special interest PACs.
Read the full story: John Rutherford Put Out a Statement Backing 'Operation Epic Furry.' His Office Quietly Fixed the Spelling. The War Is Still There.
