Since running for Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz has been caught in controversy for exaggerating his military record.
Way too many veterans in politics embellish their military career because they know you don’t know the difference. It’s disgusting. I see it from both sides of the aisle.
Even the word “combat” itself is plagued by purposeful misdirection. A lot of vets say they were deployed “into combat.” It’s often bullshit. Very few of us actually leave the safety of the base, whether in Iraq or Afghanistan. But everyone who deploys is technically deployed in a “combat zone,” and so they advertise “combat experience” on their resumes.
Nothing wrong with serving in a role that doesn’t require combat. It’s more than most people have done. But if you’re trying to run for office and using “combat” as a way to gain credibility, that’s wrong.
There’s a lot of questions of Walz that I don’t yet know the answer to. But I do know he shouldn’t be talking about “carrying weapons into combat” when he did no such thing.
Furthermore, it sounds like he has lied about his rank of Retired Command Sergeant Major. The Harris campaign had to scrub his rank from their website.
Here’s the problem with this duplicity: it proves Tim Walz, just like Kamala Harris, will say and do anything to get elected, even if it means deliberately altering their personal biographies or the positions they hold on the important issues.
We simply cannot trust Kamala Harris or Tim Walz. |
