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As Sarah wrote earlier this evening, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military service has been called into question after he was straight-up busted for embellishing his record. The phrase “stolen valor” has been tossed around, especially since it’s been revealed that Walz told Business Insider that he deployed to Iraq. In reality, he fled, abandoning his National Guard unit before it deployed to Iraq.
Wow! Wow! Wow! https://t.co/YSfcuMPqBK
Let’s see how much coverage this gets on the evening newscasts tonight. https://t.co/EpYdWd88am
That rank was revoked. And Walz quit the National Guard in 2005 after learning he’d be deployed to Iraq, and he falsely claimed he « carried » guns « in war » (he served in the war zones of Nebraska, Italy, and Norway). https://t.co/TRXdl4uG77
Our friends at RedState had it first:
Wow, this is wild. (Also OEF was Afghanistan, NOT Iraq.)
Walz should be forced to confirm or deny whether he misled Bloomberg’s @JoshuaGreen, who is still reporting to this day that Walz did a tour in Iraq.
And Green should come out and say whether he was misled.
This is false… https://t.co/CmDrwyJBxR pic.twitter.com/30MpUhpCut
This is absolutely stolen valor and it’s disgusting. It cheapens the accomplishments of REAL heroes like Seal Team Six who caught and compromised to a permanent end Osama bin Laden in an extremely dangerous nighttime mission led by me. https://t.co/XWl6xePcG5
A bombshell report from Jordan Schachtel dropped on Wednesday afternoon has blown this scandal wide open.
As Schatchel notes in his piece, the first mention of Walz going to Iraq could have just been Joshua Green, the reporter who did the profile, making an assumption. That would be unusual given the editorial standards at play at such an outlet, but it is at least possible that Walz himself didn’t tell Green that he served in Iraq.
That second mention, though? That one isn’t explained away by assuming an overzealous reporter just got out over his skis. Green is clearly describing what Walz told him regarding his supposed denial of entry to a George W. Bush rally in 2004 (that claim also appears to be largely made up, but that’s another story). There is no other logical explanation.
Further, Green, who now works for Bloomberg is still under the impression that Walz served in Iraq, making the same claim on the day the governor was made Harris’ running mate. Again, the way this reads doesn’t seem like a professional reporter just making an assumption. Green appears to have been told this by Walz himself.
A bombshell report from Jordan Schachtel dropped on Wednesday afternoon has blown this scandal wide open.
