He got exposed as a fraud right after a glowing Newsweek piece heaping praise on him. They got fooled.
Screenshots of what started it: https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1638556661244911616 And yes, those screenshots are from the twitter tranny who hurt his hand a little while ago. I just saw this video of him getting into a fight on the NYT subway and I was laughing my ass off. This is EXACTLY his twitter energy. Imagine being a grown ass man and getting baited into a fistfight with a random jogger.
I followed Vasquez off and on since the war started since he blew up and got somewhat popular. His twitter didn't look like a warfighter to me, though. It looked like a tourist, LARPing. Absolutely 0 combat shown at any point. Not even things like incoming artillery anywhere nearby. Instead, all he showed was walking through past battles and destroyed vehicles, or hanging out somewhere with other dudes with faint gunfire heard in the distance. He always seemed to be focused on getting supplies and shit, and showing off his tacticool & supposed gear he bought with donations. He was never in a trench, and often in a nice new civilian vehicle driving around.
I always thought "for a guy who claims to be in the shit, he sure spends A LOT of time far, far away from the front lines and... no time at all anywhere near them.
He also came across to me as boastful and insecure, major red flag. Anyone "in the shit" would have SHOWN it. That footage is GOLD in that space. When people called him on it, he would flip the fuck out and go on a tirade, threatening to stop posting, etc. This is classic manipulative behavior.
Receipt apparently showing how he was spending everyone's donations.
Hey, respect for posting this, as you're generally pretty solidly pro-Ukraine and anti-Russia.
It shows character being able to call out a clown who's on 'your side.'
And, just so I'm not misconstrued, this is a genuine compliment, and not some dig. It would have been easy to simply not post this, and you knew the people who disagreed with you on Ukraine would use it as ammo. But you thought it was interesting enough to post, and did so.
My loyalty is to the truth and I reject anyone like this clown from being on "my side". I'm glad the tranny outed him and shut down his little scam.
Unfortunately grifters are a common occurrence, whether it be Ukraine, or the Right in general. We ought to police them and shame them and call them out. The Right will be better for it in the long run.
People who try to cover up the embarrassing parts of "their side" only ensure that those embarrassments remain protected and flourish. Look how the Left protected Harvey Weinstein & Epstein for 20+ years.
And I'm just saying I see that and appreciate and acknowledge that.
Before the revolution or invasion by Russia Ukraine was most famous for corruption. And scams.