Gov. Tim Walz defends military service in his first solo campaign appearance

The Minnesota governor countered the Trump campaign’s line of attack as he met union members in Los Angeles following last weekend’s battleground blitz with Vice President Kamala Harris.

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[josephrummel]

This is the definition of stolen valor. He’s a pure liar.

[cowboyjoe]

STOLEN VALOR FOR POLITICAL GAIN IS A CRIME LOCK TAMPON TIMMY UP 😂😂😂

[CavemanVanDweller]

Nobody is "attacking his service" there pointing out his lies about his service. If he's so proud then why does he continue to lie?

[lou]

This guy is a liar and typical BS artist like most of today's democrats. Like the other one who said she was taking sniper fire in Kosovo.

[rickluttrell]

Sadly, Walz has no defense. Kamala should have picked.a better candidate. This guy is toast and will drag her entire campaign down with him.

[kalebmanning]

Misspoke? He has been misrepresenting his military service for decades.

[chrisrambadt]

Walz is a perfect fit for Harris, a laughing hyena, and a clapping seal...

[RonaldWuerch]

🤣🤣🤣It is not about his service it is about him LYING about it...PERIOD...He lied...👎👎👎

[davivu]

lol, he said that to try and close the issue of service because he knows he embellished his title for political reasons.

[chesterhaduca]

“Misspoke?” But didn’t correct for many many years! Only when he wants your vote!

[Agtsmirnoff]

If he’s proud of the service, why does he constantly lie about it and make up things that aren’t true?

[SethJeck-sjvu]

Dont care about his service, he has horrible ideas and promotes and pushes all the worst policies

[AwesomeBabyBoomer]

And anybody who lies about his service is not fit to even be in Congress in my opinion.

[champ]

OMG! JD Vance will walk all over this dude . Make sure you listen to JD Vance as he is the most welll spoken, genuine and intelligent candidate I’ve ever seen and I’m 100% sure that Vance will be president one day.

[frank]

He dodged a bullit, so to speak. Never went to Iraq.

[RonaldWuerch]

If he will lie about his service what else will this man lie about...Just like Harris...Two peas in a pod...🤣🤣🤣

[MDK]

Next he will tell us the story about the time, while serving as a general, he helped carry wounded soldiers out of a war torn Afghanistan -earning the Gold Star, while using his weapon of war to hold off the enemy from attacking his outnumbered Troops.

[jen]

No one denigrated your actual service record. We denigrate your embellishments and lies.

[dimakhidarkovskiy]

Vance answered the call, this fake waltz run like a coward

[Bob-bbur]

You csn see the men from his unit on here, they will tell you the truth.