Posted on 08/09/2024 1:12:40 AM PDT by Libloather
Vice President Kamala Harris had nothing but “praise” for her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz when questioned about his service in the National Guard Thursday.
Harris, 59, was asked by a reporter to respond to criticism that Walz “deserted his own troops, deserted his own colleagues” when he opted to retire from the Minnesota National Guard in May 2005, as his battalion was preparing to deploy to the Iraq warzone.
“Listen, I praise anyone who has presented themselves to serve our country,” Harris said. “And I think that we all should.”
Walz, 60, served 24 years in the Minnesota National Guard before retiring to run for the House of Representatives in the state’s 1st Congressional District. He unseated incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht in that race, in which Walz made his opposition to the Iraq war a centerpiece of his campaign.
The Minnesota governor joined the National Guard after high school and had served in the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery prior to his retirement.
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance accused Walz on Wednesday of embellishing his military service.
“He said we shouldn’t allow weapons that I used in war to be on America’s streets,” Vance said in Michigan. “Well, I wonder. Tim Walz, when were you ever in war?
“What bothers me about Tim Walz is the stolen valor garbage. Do not pretend to be something that you’re not,” Vance, a Marine Corps veteran, added.
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The Harris-Walz campaign scrubbed another contested claim about the governor’s service record from his official biography on its website on Thursday — that Walz had retired as a command sergeant major.
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Even a billion in free advertising is not helping. America misses $1.80/gal, no inflation, wars, or border invasions.
No, of course not, but she thinks she did. BlahBlahBlah. :)
Waltz was not in a First Sergeant Billet either. He was a detachment NCOIC. Thus his DD Form 214 states he retired as a Master Sergeant/E-8. He was never a first sergeant.
Waltz was not in a First Sergeant Billet either. He was a detachment NCOIC. Thus his DD Form 214 states he retired as a Master Sergeant/E-8. He was never a first sergeant.
That ARCOM says it all.
She praises anyone who has “presented themselves” but didn’t stick around to finish the job. That figures.
1. national defense ribbon ...earned on graduation from asic military training ..since discontinued.
2. war on terrorism ribbon, again earned by grad from bmti.
3. Walz never saw combat. Vance did.
4. its been 36 years since The Fall of the Berlin Wall. I truly hope that the buzzard tries to put up for display a ribbon for this one ...aint one auth by Congress!
The turd can be polished for only so long before it dries out and crumbles into dirty dust that even the flies and maggots won’t touch ... (maybe too descriptive for this early in the day? ... sorry.)
Ask the military vets in Walz unit - the one he abandoned when they were deployed.
He is a liar and needs to be hammered by the Republicans and Trump.
“Walz Introduces Himself at a 2006 Veterans Event as a ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’ – A COMPLETE LIE”
“Gold Star Mother Steps Forward: ‘My Son Was Killed in Iraq Serving in the Military Unit Tim Walz Abandoned’”
“The Harris Campaign Scrubs Tim Walz’s False Military Record From Website After He Was Caught Inflating His Rank”
When it comes to the military, the Jamaican Indian ditz needs to keep her big mouth shut. She knows nothing about the military.
I don’t think Vance himself ever saw combat.
Thanks for the correction.
SOONER OR LATER:
SOME RESTAURANT IS GOING TO HAVE A “WORD SALAD” ON THE MENU.
Good grief. An affable communist- how disarming. In fact 2 women at my job who do not like Harris, think Walz is just great! Funny and clever, nice, mid-western guy.
Thanks for the link!
Tell your coworkers about the dark side Minnesota Nice. It’s a mask for evil.
https://crimereads.com/the-eeriness-of-minnesota-nice/
This is dishonest of course but that his what leftists are best at, dishonesty.
Part of it was his stint at teaching in a chicom school there right after graduation in ‘89. So the story goes, his affiliation with the chicoms is all about his shock about Tianamin Square and his kindness and humanitarian interests.
Kamala understands the most important rule of war—surround yourself with a “bodyguard of lies”.
Fuchsia, maybe. Chartreuse is yellow/green.
I was AF. Furst Sergeant could be a lower rank. Ours was usually an E-6 as I recall. Sort of a gopher for the Squadron Commander and Squadron NCOIC. As a practical matter, he ran herd on everyone. If someone needed bailing out of jail at 2 AM, the First Shirt got the call.
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