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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but they didnt ask about the stolen valor
watch
now it will be labeled old news
“ presented themselves to serve our country”
She doesn’t even know how to talk.
Constant polishing of the turd can only go so far.
With a compliant media any bad news can be turned into a fantastic lie that their core believers will accept (they don’t care if we believe or not).
Walz’ name is in pink? I’m guessing he was E9 but didn’t fulfill the obligated service to retire as such... yet still claimed E9 status to garner political positioning. Stolen valor.
Ok after the stolen valor outrage passes. we can start questioning Putz’s 30 trips to Red China, his relationship with the CCP and whether he spied for them. The commies certainly put a lot of money in his pocket.
I’m more concerned about the stolen children they take to the Trans asylum in Minnesota. Were any families destroyed after The Walz executive order?
The transgender refuge will be the new abortion for the left. If they can kill unborn or now even born babies, the left can disfigure children at any age.The left is a death cult, they want assisted suicide for all. There will be sanctuary suicide states before long.
Several of his troops were wounded. One was killed.
Ask their parents about Walz’s Stolen Valor.
F you Kamala.
He took 30 trips to China? Is that documented? What the heck was he doing there?
I can’t stand this guy anyway but cozy with China is ..unsettling.
I’d like to see Walz in firefight with an AR-15 semiautomatic only.... You know, being a weapon of war and all.
We have nothing but BS spun at us hourly .
“ but they didnt ask about the stolen valor”
…do you know of a link where I can get more on his true military record
“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.”
Anyone know the first thing they scrubbed?
Tim Walz’s ties to Communist China demand attention
That’s not pink. It’s... chartreuse...
Harris didn’t really answer the Walz military question
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