Republicans attempt to undermine Harris-Walz campaign by questioning Walz’s military record and coaching position
about his past in an effort to depict the Democratic vice-presidential nominee as a series liar, even amid concerns about the former president’s own track record offocus on Walz has already dredged up potentially misleading descriptions of his military service, which ended nearly 20 years ago, and appears aimed at underminingNow the campaign appears to have expanded into more personal – even trivial – areas, including in at least one case, unsubstantiated innuendo about Walz’s character that...
The claim to have been voted Outstanding Young Nebraskan by the chamber came from Walz’s campaign during his successful 2006 run for Congress. The campaign subsequently amended the record to say that the award had been given by the Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce and said the mistake was due to a typing error.
In what was seen as the most serious, the GOP pointed out that Harris’s campaign described Walz as a “retired command sergeant major” in the Minnesota National Guard. In fact, although Walz was promoted to the rank before his discharge, he did not complete the coursework to retain it, meaning he actually retired with a lower rank.
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