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Democrats move to avoid ‘Swift Boat’ redux in attacks on Walz service
Washington Post ^ | August 9, 2024 at 4:31 p.m. EDT | Isaac Arnsdorf and Tyler Pager

Posted on 08/09/2024 4:31:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

On Tuesday, a few hours after Vice President Kamala Harris revealed she’d picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the conservative radio host Erick Erickson posted a video from Walz’s 2022 reelection campaign attacking his military service record.

The slickly produced video resembled a professional television news segment, but it came from a Minnesota website called Alpha News, which received a “red” unreliable rating from media watchdog NewsGuard because it fails to disclose it was founded by the head of a conservative advocacy group. In the video, an unidentified woman interviews Thomas Behrends, a Minnesota farmer who served in the state’s National Guard with Walz and faults him for retiring before the unit deployed to Iraq.

Within minutes, Trump’s co-campaign manager, Chris LaCivita, promoted Erickson’s post and wrote on X, “IVE SEEN THIS ACT BEFORE — AND IT DOESNT END WELL …”

LaCivita was alluding to his claim to fame as the media adviser for Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, an outside group that in 2004 cut devastating ads showing veterans questioning the service of John F. Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee. Kerry received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Combat “V” for valor and three Purple Hearts for his Navy service in Vietnam.

The posts kicked off a burst of Republican attacks on Walz, spurring fears among some Democrats that the vice-presidential candidate could face the same kind of damaging attacks that Kerry suffered in 2004. Without any need to produce or place campaign ads, Behrends appeared in interviews in the New York Post and with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham. Republican nominee Donald Trump promoted those clips and responded by calling Walz “A DISGRACE.” His running...

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: awalz; isaacarnsdorf; stolenvalor; timmybravelyranaway; timwalz; tylerpager; washingtongaslight
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To: Yardstick

I first heard the Swift Boat Veteran ads on the Rush Limbaugh show. Do we need Rush right now? How we miss him.


21 posted on 08/09/2024 5:48:23 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Col Frank Slade

Better yet gather a group and send them out with Vance and/or Trump.


22 posted on 08/09/2024 5:50:40 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: Dan in Wichita

I was a regular Rush listener but during that election season I was back in school getting my EE and I’ll bet I wasn’t catching him that often. Probably why I missed the ads. And yep, I still think of Rush.


23 posted on 08/09/2024 5:58:37 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Odd that Soros’ advocacy groups are not held to the same standard.

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Also notice it was labeled “unreliable” due to reasons irrelevant to the actual truth of the matter.


24 posted on 08/09/2024 6:02:15 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Bishop_Malachi
The Wikipedia "editors" have smothered the Stolen Valor story on A-Waltz' wiki page.

Ain't nobody gonna see that there.

We're being lied to everywhere we turn.

25 posted on 08/09/2024 8:51:31 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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Walz has long-billed himself as a retired Command Sergeant Major —
when in reality he was demoted to the lower rank of master sergeant.


Did Walz collect retirement pay as a Command Sergeant
Major — or as the lower ranked master sergeant?

Call Congress
(202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard operator.


26 posted on 08/10/2024 9:07:43 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Started a new bookmarks folder for true misinformation due to this!


27 posted on 08/11/2024 6:25:20 AM PDT by Chicory
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