http://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/08/07/when-youve-lost-cnn-looks-like-tim-walzs-honeymoon-with-the-media-might-already-be-ending-n2399360
Some past comments from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the issue of his military service record are coming back to haunt Kamala Harris' choice for VP:
New York Post (@nypost) ~ Tim Walz ‘embellished’ military career ‘for years,’ dropped from National Guard unit ahead of Iraq deployment
http://trib.al/A6YHAZH
Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) ~ It’s impossible to describe fully the level of cowardice of someone like Walz who abandoned his troops as they were about to embark on the hellish journey that is combat. Leaders go to where the fire is heaviest. They lead from the front. They don’t flee. Shameful.
Rich Baris The People's Pundit (@Peoples_Pundit) ~ A Democratic operative tells me Tim Walz has falsely claimed he "carried weapons of war in war" on numerous occasions; that it was a canned line he often used in his speeches, and there are numerous more known videos of it. They picked someone they knew was guilty of stolen valor over a Jew. Wow.
Here's one such video of Walz that's been making the rounds:
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 (@RogueLou18 ) ~ Here’s Walz committing ACTUAL stolen valor and saying he went to war. Would be a shame if it went viral.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1821015606864609716
Trump running-mate JD Vance is also hitting Walz over this issue and his past claims:
Townhall.com (@townhallcom) ~ J.D. Vance fires back at Tim Walz after he mocked him for attending Yale:
"What bothers me about Tim Walz is the stolen valor garbage. Do not pretend to be something you’re not. And if he wants to criticize me for getting an Ivy League education, I'm proud [...] I was able to make something of myself and I would be ashamed if I was him and I lied about my military service like he did."
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/1821195042939158534
Walz certainly doesn't appear to be in any hurry to talk about the matter after being asked about Vance's accusation of stolen valor:
Townhall.com (@townhallcom) ~ JD VANCE CALLED IT!
Fake Tim Walz SCURRIES AWAY FROM REPORTERS moments after JD Vance called out the Harris/Walz ticket for REFUSING to take questions from the press!
“Vance accused you of stolen valor, your response?!”
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1821262474622202325
Is the media honeymoon for Walz already coming to a crashing halt?
Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) ~ Walz right now.
Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) ~ Scurries away, just like he did when he found out his unit was being deployed to Iraq. When the going gets tough, Walz waltzes off.
Kruzer Kat (@KruzerKat1) ~ Trying the old basement campaign again.
Harris and Walz are clearly trying to run out the clock. The problem for them is that there are three months remaining on the clock.
It kept getting worse for Walz when CNN made it clear they weren't going to run cover for Walz over his past claims, calling them absolutely false:
Yashar Ali (@yashar) ~ CNN on Governor Tim Walz:
“Walz did make a comment, he’s done it a couple times, where he has used language that suggested that he carried weapons in a fighting situation. There is no evidence that any time that he was in the position of being shot at and some of his language could easily be seen to suggest that he was.”
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/1821256532069380317
Whether that catches on with other media outlets remains to be seen. All we know for sure is that Kamala Harris won't answer any questions about it, or anything else for that matter, because her campaign keeps their candidate completely isolated.
Kristina Wong (@kristina_wong) ~ When you’ve lost CNN ...
We're fully expecting Politico to go with the "Republicans pounce" angle for any stories about Walz's past comments designed to give the impression he'd been in combat. However, Walz can still count on some help from the usual suspects in the media:
Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) ~ Bloomberg has now stealth-edited the claim that Tim Walz served in Iraq. The claim was originally made by the same reporter (Joshua Green) in 2004 while doing a profile of Walz.
The press are literally scrubbing the records to try to stop this scandal. They won't succeed.
Ah, "journalism"!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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