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Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), blamed his stolen valor controversy over “bad grammar” during an interview on Thursday.
Walz has faced significant backlash over the past few weeks for falsely claiming that he retired from the U.S. Army National Guard as a command sergeant major, even though the National Guard confirmed that he was demoted to a master sergeant before his retirement because he did not finish the required coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. Walz also claimed to have carried weapons in war despite never having been deployed in a war zone during his time in the service.
During a Thursday interview, CNN host Dana Bash asked Walz about the controversy, saying, “You said that you carried weapons in war, but you have never deployed actually in a war zone. A campaign official said that you misspoke. Did you?”
In response, Walz said, “Well, first of all, I’m incredibly proud. I’ve done 24 years of wearing the uniform of this country. Equally proud of my service in a public school, classroom, whether it’s Congress or the governor. My record speaks for itself.”
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Mike Davis, the former chief counsel for nominations to the Senate Judiciary Committee, also blasted Walz’s comments, tweeting, “Wow. Tim Walz is raising the ‘grammar defense’ to charges of stolen valor. Did his ‘poor grammar’ also lead him to lying—repeatedly and for years—about his military rank? Fraud.
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