What did Walz lie about?
Stolen valor is something that bugs most folks, especially us Vets, and if it's a fact, you're seeing a major campaign issue
Kamalamadingdong’s white dude is a snowflake. A real fraud. Weird how his wife loves the smell of burning rubber. Some real creepy crap.
It IS a big deal.
Misrepresenting one’s military record for personal gain, such as political office, is not only low brow, it is the theft of the public trust.
It’s also a disgusting slap in the face to all who served in the military, and to their families, particularly for those who sacrificed everything.
While it’s possible for misunderstandings, I find that there are very few honest mistakes in politics. Especially democrats.
Just because he spent 20 years in the NG doesn’t make you any hero. Most likely the reason he did is for the perks and extra paycheck or even summer camp as many guys did it to get away from the wife for a couple weeks but when it came to deployment, he drew the line and tucked tail and ran.
I watched it.
Vance gutted him in Detroit today on his 2nd Amendment position.
“Tell me, what war was it that you carried that gun in?”
Coming from a guy that did carry a rifle in war, that hit home.
Gov. Walz’s biography boasts a higher National Guard rank than he retired with after he was automatically demoted for failing to fulfill obligations of his promotion. He also bailed out on his unit before deployment in Iraq.
JD is no Pence. Thank God!
Tampons in boys restrooms
Abortion at birth
Stolen Valor seems a bit heavy on this issue. He did serve in uniform. He went off the rails in two areas: Claiming he carried weapons of war “in war” and claiming a rank/title that he didn’t fully earn, so it was therefore rescinded.
What bothers me most is his claim that he had any actual war experience - He didn’t. Technically, neither did I since Somalia and the former Yugoslavia were not declared as anything but UN Humanitarian missions (UnProFor and Op Restore Hope) But I guarantee you, I have more combat experience than he does.
I despise people who embellish their military experience, on behalf of all those folks that lived a more dangerous day to day life than I did. Fallujah would be a good example. Those young men saw more action in a single week than I did in a whole 20yrs.
There’s no shame in not going into battle - Most folks don’t, but they stand ready to do so or actively support those that do. The uninitiated fully deserve their Veteran status and honors, in my opinion. Combat is different. It should never be claimed unless you were their - boots on- in the dirt, or on a ship being targeted.
Making Command Sargeant Major is nothing to sneeze at, even if it does take a lot of politicking. And putting in his papers before a deployment might have been a family decision. Concentrate on his hard left tendencies instead.
—”I’m reading on other forums that this isn’t really a big deal according to posters. “
The Illinois National Guard was a hothouse for the politically connected.
Want to get your ticket punched and receive some military creditably, call your Chinaman.
The upper levels and senior promotions are very political.
Waltz was politically connected and gifted an unmerited promotion. SOP in the Illinois National Guard.
IMO Waltz took an extra bite from the apple$$$ and later changed his mind, fearing it may be exposed.
Here is the top leadership of the Illinois National Guard.
Only one CIB (Combat Infantryman Badge) ZERO purple hearts.
https://www.il.ngb.army.mil/Leadership/
Some have nonstandard displays of their service ribbons; odd.
Walz brags that he was the ‘highest ranked enlisted member of Congress everywhere ’.
The issue is honesty and character. Apparently those traits mean little to most people today.
Here is the quote.
“We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is [sic] the only place that those weapons are at,”
Here is the video clip.
https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/182091806396696214343