The Minnesota National Guard has challenged Gov. Tim Walz's military biographysaying that his claims to retire with the rank of command sergeant major it is false
Minnesota National Guard spokeswoman Lt. Col. Kristen Augé said Jthe News that Walz, Kamala Harris' running mate, was demoted and did not retire as a command sergeant major as he has claimed for years, including in his official governor's biography, because he did not complete a 750-hour course to the sergeants of the army. Major Academy, a mandatory course for E-9s, the highest rank in the military.
While Walz temporarily held the title of command sergeant major “He retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit because he did not complete additional courses at the US Army Sergeants Major Academy,“Army Lt. Col. Kristen Augé, state public affairs officer for the Minnesota National Guard, told Just the News.
The statement reignited a controversy that began during his 2018 gubernatorial run in which a National Guardsman claimed on social media and in a paid advertisement that Walz refused to deploy to Iraq for combat duty in 2005 and forfeited his title. command sergeant major. Walz chose to run for Congress that year. -Just the news
The governor's biography, however, says that “Sergeant Major Walz” retired from the Minnesota National Guard in 2005. At the time he was serving as one of the highest-ranking members of Field Artillery Battalion 1- 125.
“He retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional courses at the US Army Sergeants Major Academy,” Augé said.
WATCH: More value stolen from Kamala VP Tim Walz:
Tim Walz on August 10, 2018: “I'm a retired Master Sergeant.”
Fact Check: Walz NEVER completed the course for the US Army Sergeants Major Academy. pic.twitter.com/fFUzQRyQ6e
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 8, 2024
Having said that, an unnamed Guard spokesman said Task and purposein direct contradiction with Augé, that the degradation of Walz was a technicality.
“Soldiers who do not complete the course return to their previous rank,” they told the outlet. “This is what we refer to as an administrative reduction and not a punitive one.”
The outlet also claims that the Guard “confirmed” that Walz was properly promoted and served in the role of E-9, and “retired” as an E-9, despite the subsequent demotion.
Having said that, Task and purpose also framed the whole stolen value controversy as “The 'Swift Boating' of Tim Walz” – as if his consigned lies about “the weapon of war, which I took to war” (he never saw the war) , were the same ones that are being discussed. allegations about John Kerry's (D) Vietnam War record.
Tim Alberta thinks this is a question of They Said vs He Said
it is not Walz is on video and in print embellishing his serve, but it's all about protecting that ticket at all costs. https://t.co/LBPugpearO
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 8, 2024
We noted on Wednesday that Walz outright lied about being deployed in a combat zone.
“We can make sure that these weapons of war, which I carried to war, are only carried to war” – Tim Walz
What's more disturbing than what Tim Walz says here?
1. Governor Walz never went to war, but he clearly said he did
2. Governor Walz is a gun grabber on the left#TamponTimmy #TimWalz… pic.twitter.com/P7gK6l5qbt— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) August 6, 2024
The lies were so heinous that even CNN they acknowledged that they were less than ideal.
“Walz made a comment speaking to a group, he's done it a couple of times, where he's used language that suggested he was carrying weapons in a combat situation,” CNN correspondent Tom Foreman said in a fact check . “As you know, with your connection to the military, I know that you came from a military family, there is a difference between being in a combat zone, being involved in wartime, and actually being in a position where people are shooting at you. There is no evidence that at any moment Governor Walz was in a position to be shot, and some of his language could easily be seen to suggest that he was.”
“So it is absolutely false when he said that about gun rights. The campaign has essentially come up to say, “Look, he had a long career, I'd never want to mislead people about that.” It's what campaigns usually say,” Foreman continued.
A CNN reporter does a devastating fact-check on Walz's claim that he 'carried weapons in a combat situation' pic.twitter.com/YXQghYf1LZ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 7, 2024
Meanwhile, in a 2006 press release issued by his campaign, Walz is described as a “veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.” the American military operation in Afghanistan. How modernity. news notes, sSome have charged that this is misleading given that Walz was stationed in Italy at the time, with his battalion providing base security in Europe.
Tim Walz carried a placard in 2004 falsely identifying himself as a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, even though he never served in Afghanistan. https://t.co/e4wRUWS08N pic.twitter.com/egUG45GtNx
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) August 8, 2024
In 2007, @Tim_Walz spoke to C-SPAN about his military service: “I spent 24 years in the National Guard, some of them full-time. I was a gunner. I deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. My battalion provided security at the base throughout the European theater of… pic.twitter.com/igULhtIhgB
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 7, 2024
Walz has also been criticized of the men with whom he servedwhich they described in a 2019 letter as “Treacherous, fraudulent and disgraceful.”
In my experience, if you want to understand someone, talk to the men they served with in the military. Men who served with Tim Walz describe his service as treacherous, fraudulent and shameful. Read his 2019 open letter (before he ran as Kamala Harris' vice… pic.twitter.com/mYft0jj0NL
— @amuse (@amuse) August 6, 2024
The men and women who served with Tim Walz were shocked when he resigned after being ordered to deploy to Iraq. “What is he? Kind of a coward.”
To then imply that he served in combat is disgusting and a further betrayal of those who went.
Credit: @MegynKellyShow pic.twitter.com/afj5NNmwvf— Big Fish (@BigFish3000) August 7, 2024
🚨 Right in: A 2009 video shows a veteran confronting Tim Walz's staff over claims he served in Afghanistan. The veteran said Walz could go to prison for violating the Stolen Value Act of 2006 for claiming to have served in Afghanistan when he did not.pic.twitter.com/LdvtHJ5FnQ
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) August 8, 2024
Meanwhile, the free lighthouse reports that Walz knew it his National Guard battalion was looking at a possible redeployment to Iraq when he decided to withdraw.
“As the command sergeant major, I have a responsibility not only to prepare my battalion for Iraq, but to serve if called upon,” Walz said in a campaign statement on March 20, 2005. Only three days before, the National Guard Office of Public Affairs announced that at least part of its battalion could be sent overseas to the Middle East in the next two years.
Walz left the National Guard that May. Two months later, his battalion was notified that they would be deployed to Iraq.
When asked about all of this, Walz decided to dodge, cover and run from a reporter before an explanation could “unfold.”
REPORTER: Your response to the stolen value allegation?
WALZ: *ignores*
REPORTER: Your response to the stolen value allegation!?
WALZ: *runs away* pic.twitter.com/el3sPGDYuM
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 7, 2024
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