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Harris Running Mate Walz Ripped By Guard Vets In Megyn Kelly Interview

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A group of Army National Guard veterans who served alongside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was selected by Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate, have ripped him anew as a “coward” and “habitual liar” in a new interview set for release Monday.

Walz has been frequently called out for making false statements and claims about his military service, including that he achieved the rank of command sergeant major when he did not and that he had served in combat, which is also untrue. But specifically, Walz has been ripped for the timing of his decision to retire from the military in 2005—right as his unit had been informed it would be deploying to Iraq.



The four vets alternately told SiriusXM podcast host Megy Kelly:

It is morally indefensible.

He didn’t care. It was about him.

He’s a military impersonator.

I don’t understand how he could do it — morally. Or he has absolutely no integrity.

The word went all across the state that he had quit — who the hell does that? Just, unbelievable that a CSM abandoned his troops, 500 soldiers, and a thousand parents out there who expect that person to lead them into combat.

He’s a habitual liar, he lies about everything, he lies about stuff that doesn’t make sense.

He basically said he’s got better things to do, go pick somebody else for the mission. If you sold out your guard unit and abandoned them, what are you going to do at the national level?

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Walz has long emphasized his extensive military background with the Army National Guard, where he served from 1981 until his retirement in 2005. Enlisting in Nebraska, he held various posts across the U.S. and internationally, including training in extreme environments like the Arctic Circle. But during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign, Walz’s military records and career decisions came under intense scrutiny. Two retired senior Minnesota National Guard officials noted that Walz chose to retire shortly before his battalion was scheduled to deploy to Iraq, raising concerns about his commitment to duty.

“I needed to hit the ground running and take care of the troops — and tell them we were going to war,” Thomas Behrends, who would take charge of 500 troops after being tapped to go in Walz’s place, told the New York Post. “For a guy in that position, to quit is cowardice.” He added: “When your country calls, you are supposed to run into battle — not the other way. He ran away. It’s sad. He had the opportunity to serve his country, and said ‘Screw you’ to the United States. That’s not who I would pick to run for vice president.”

Sen. J.D. Vance, who saw combat in Iraq as a U.S. Marine officer, also criticized Walz for his past portrayal of his alleged service. Specifically, Vance went after Walz’s military record for a “stolen valor” claim about being in “combat” though he actually abandoned his unit and left the Army rather than deploy with his men.

A reporter asked Vance last month: “Last night, the governor suggested that because of your Ivy League education and your Silicon Valley backing of your political career, you are part of the elite. What are your first impressions of them trying to frame you this way to the American public?”

It should be noted, first and foremost, that the vast majority of Silicon Valley billionaires are donating to the Harris-Walz campaign, but here’s what Vance said in response: “Well, look, I came from a family where nobody had ever gone to law school. I grew up in a poor family. The fact that Tim Walz wants to turn it into a bad thing, that I worked my way through college and law school and made something of myself, is, to me, the American dream. If Tim Walz wants to insult that, I think that’s frankly pretty bizarre.”

He then pivoted to Walz’s military record: “Now, what really bothers me about Tim Walz isn’t even the positions he’s taken, though certainly he has been a far-left radical. What really bothers me about Tim Walz, as a Marine who served his country in uniform, is when the United States Marine Corps, when the United States of America asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it. I did what they asked me to do, and I did it honorably and I’m very proud of that service.





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