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Harris camp ducks questions on why Walz retired from military before completing coursework for high rank

The Harris campaign dodged Fox Digital's press inquiry asking why Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz did not complete U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy coursework before retiring.

Source: Harris camp ducks questions on why Walz retired from military before completing coursework for high rank (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-camp-ducks-questions-why-walz-retired-from-military-before-completing-coursework-high-rank)

It is very clear he retired to avoid being deployed to Iraq.  He also wanted to run for Congress.

Quote from: Oerdin on August 13, 2024, 05:47:54 PMIt is very clear he retired to avoid being deployed to Iraq.  He also wanted to run for Congress.

Brother, most people running for office embellish their resumes. We both know that. Biden added fairy tales, but he is a pathological liar.

What Walz did was not a big deal to me. But, to folks like yourself that wore the uniform and saw combat it is unforgivable. Am I right?

Quote from: Herman on August 13, 2024, 07:20:26 PMBrother, most people running for office embellish their resumes. We both know that. Biden added fairy tales, but he is a pathological liar.

What Walz did was not a big deal to me. But, to folks like yourself that wore the uniform and saw combat it is unforgivable. Am I right?

Absolutely unforgivable in every way.  He not only lied about seeing combat but he also lied about the rank he retired at.  Both of those are official legal crimes which he committed under federal law and it is called stolen valor.  No, you do not lie and claim to be a combat veteran when you are not.  That makes you the lowest scum imaginable.

It is a disgrace to the people who did actually serve and who were killed and wounded during their service.  Walz lied, he had a key leadership position yet he abandoned his who battalion, no wonder his commanding officer said he was glad Walz ran away.  The fucking coward.

A horse is a horse, of course, of course
And no one should drink from a horse, of course
That is, of course, unless that horse
Gives milk for Mister Walz

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Quote from: Oerdin on August 13, 2024, 09:09:08 PMAbsolutely unforgivable in every way.  He not only lied about seeing combat but he also lied about the rank he retired at.  Both of those are official legal crimes which he committed under federal law and it is called stolen valor.  No, you do not lie and claim to be a combat veteran when you are not.  That makes you the lowest scum imaginable.

It is a disgrace to the people who did actually serve and who were killed and wounded during their service.  Walz lied, he had a key leadership position yet he abandoned his who battalion, no wonder his commanding officer said he was glad Walz ran away.  The fucking coward.

And yet OerdinO Oerdin - is that JD Vance wasn't a combat soldier either.

He was a reporter/journalist during his deployment in Iraq.

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/elections-verify/jd-vance-marines-military-service-record-fact-check/536-b3bfb88b-bdb3-4a48-82e1-4c7ebdd05c03

QuoteVance was deployed to Iraq but didn't experience combat

Vance spent six months in Iraq during his time with the Marines. His deployment began in August 2005 and ended in February 2006, the Marines spokesperson confirmed.

But Vance did not experience combat in Iraq and has not publicly claimed that he did.

"I served in a combat zone. I never said that I saw a firefight myself, but I've always told the truth about my Marine Corps service," Vance told reporters on Aug. 7, 2024, while defending his recent criticisms of Walz's military record.

Though Vance didn't see combat as a military journalist, he was "in a war zone in a particularly bad year in Iraq," Quil Lawrence, a veterans correspondent for NPR, said in early August 2024.

Vance also wrote about his time in Iraq in "Hillbilly Elegy," saying in part that he was "lucky to escape any real fighting."

"As a public affairs marine, I would attach to different units to get a sense of their daily routine. Sometimes I'd escort civilian press, but generally I'd take photos or write short stories about individual marines or their work," Vance wrote in his memoir. "Early in my deployment, I attached to a civil affairs unit to do community outreach. Civil affairs missions were typically considered more dangerous, as a small number of marines would venture into unprotected Iraqi territory to meet with locals."

Maybe the military saw something of promise in him/intelligence that they thought he ought to be protected instead of being exposed to the rigors of fighting/combat?

Quote from: Oerdin on August 13, 2024, 09:09:08 PMAbsolutely unforgivable in every way.  He not only lied about seeing combat but he also lied about the rank he retired at.  Both of those are official legal crimes which he committed under federal law and it is called stolen valor.  No, you do not lie and claim to be a combat veteran when you are not.  That makes you the lowest scum imaginable.

It is a disgrace to the people who did actually serve and who were killed and wounded during their service.  Walz lied, he had a key leadership position yet he abandoned his who battalion, no wonder his commanding officer said he was glad Walz ran away.  The fucking coward.

I hear you. Loud and clear.  But do you think any of that matters to the vermin filth in his base  who care only about crucial matters of paramount importance? that they be allowed to murder babies at tax payer funded 24 hr drive ups or be assured tampons are available to boys in thier bathrooms when needed?

Quote from: JOE on August 13, 2024, 11:08:20 PMAnd yet OerdinO Oerdin - is that JD Vance wasn't a combat soldier either.

He was a reporter/journalist during his deployment in Iraq.

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/elections-verify/jd-vance-marines-military-service-record-fact-check/536-b3bfb88b-bdb3-4a48-82e1-4c7ebdd05c03


Maybe the military saw something of promise in him/intelligence that they thought he ought to be protected instead of being exposed to the rigors of fighting/combat?

So what?  He honorably served, didn't run away, and didn't engage in stolen valor.  Walz did.  End of story.

Quote from: Oerdin on August 14, 2024, 10:58:25 AMSo what?  He honorably served, didn't run away, and didn't engage in stolen valor.  Walz did.  End of story.

Joe knows Vance didn't pretend to be something he wasn't like Walz did. He is just being an asshole as usual.

Quote from: Oerdin on August 13, 2024, 09:09:08 PMBoth of those are official legal crimes which he committed under federal law and it is called stolen valor.  No, you do not lie and claim to be a combat veteran when you are not.  That makes you the lowest scum imaginable.

I did not know this.

QuoteIt is a disgrace to the people who did actually serve and who were killed and wounded during their service.  Walz lied, he had a key leadership position yet he abandoned his who battalion, no wonder his commanding officer said he was glad Walz ran away.  The fucking coward.

I have never been a soldier, but I understand this.

Tim Walz is not apologizing for misrepresenting his service in the Minnesota National Guard.

While on the campaign trail on Tuesday, Walz addressed the mounting controversy and criticisms after multiple videos and statements that he and others had made about his service during his time in politics surfaced. From falsely stating he "carried a weapon of war in war" to not correcting others who claimed he served in Afghanistan, there has been a clear pattern Walz has followed.

Walz's pants are on fire.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on August 14, 2024, 06:12:59 PMWalz's pants are on fire.

His balls are burning. But, he ain't backing away from his lies yet.

Quote from: Oerdin on August 13, 2024, 09:09:08 PMAbsolutely unforgivable in every way.  He not only lied about seeing combat but he also lied about the rank he retired at.  Both of those are official legal crimes which he committed under federal law and it is called stolen valor.  No, you do not lie and claim to be a combat veteran when you are not.  That makes you the lowest scum imaginable.

It is a disgrace to the people who did actually serve and who were killed and wounded during their service.  Walz lied, he had a key leadership position yet he abandoned his who battalion, no wonder his commanding officer said he was glad Walz ran away.  The fucking coward.

Do you mean they are crimes under military law, civilian law or both?

Quote from: Herman on August 14, 2024, 06:44:04 PMDo you mean they are crimes under military law, civilian law or both?

Congress passed and the president signed the stolen valor act in 2005.

Walz became governor in January 2019, just before the coronavirus pandemic began, and imposed stringent lockdowns during the pandemic that have been criticized by some small business owners in the state.

He was re-elected in 2022, and during his second term, he signed sweeping tax reforms in Minnesota, which has the highest corporate tax rate of any state in the U.S. at 9.8%, according to the Tax Foundation.

Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects at the Tax Foundation, told FOX Business that under Walz, Minnesota has been an outlier in consistently raising taxes, noting that most states have cut taxes in recent years.

"Tim Walz inherited the nation's highest corporate income tax rate and sixth-highest individual income tax rate, and then drove tax burdens higher," Walczak said.

He explained, "As governor, Walz signed legislation expanding taxation of businesses' international income, curtailed standard and itemized deductions for many taxpayers, added a surtax on the investment income of high earners, created a new payroll tax that will go into effect in 2026, and imposed a new tax on retail deliveries. "

Since Walz has been at the helm, the North Star State has significantly under-performed the greater U.S. in both economic growth and employment growth rates.

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows Minnesota's economy has grown 6.2% under Walz's leadership, while the U.S. economy has grown 11.5% over the same time frame, according to an analysis by Reuters.

George Floyd lost his job at Conga Latin Bistro when Governor Tim Walz locked down the Minnesota economy, prohibiting bars and restaurants from serving customers.
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Tim Walz was subpoenaed for records related to a $250 million alleged fraud scheme during the pandemic.

The massive fraud scheme involved funds being paid out to a nonprofit called "Feeding Our Future" that claimed to be set up to help feed poor children in Minnesota but instead apparently stole millions to enrich the plotters.

House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) says that Walz, who is the governor of Minnesota, was unresponsive to a request for information about the alleged scam. Although some documents have been produced for the committee, Foxx says that they were not produced in a timely matter nor did they answer her questions about Walz's oversight of the program.

A U.S. attorney charged 70 people in relation to the scam in 2022, and to date, five individuals have been convicted of fraud. Others are awaiting trial on charges including bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. Officials say that the stolen money was used to buy real estate, luxury cars, and other illegal purchases.

An audit found that Minnesota's Department of Education failed to catch warning signs of fraud from the nonprofit and didn't force organizers to meet program requirements.

"After MDE, under Governor Walz, failed to respond to previous attempts by the Committee to garner information necessary to uncover how the Governor and the USDA allowed such fraud to occur, the Committee today is proceeding with a subpoena to compel responses," wrote Foxx.

"This was an appalling abuse of a federal COVID-era program," read a statement from a Walz spokesperson to Axios.

The Axios report said that some Republicans are uneasy about the subpoena because of the possibility of political backlash from the appearance of political motivation.
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Lying, pppr governance and corruption characterize Walz's lack of character.

...and yet for all Walz's alleged flaws another VP might have uncovered similar scandals, only worse.

People kept saying choose that Gov Shapiro guy in Pennsylvania. However he had that sex scandal problem where there was a big payoff involving a friend of his (a Republican actually) which wouldn't have gone over well with the Democrats female base, many who said they wouldn't vote for Harris if she nominated Shapiro.

Seems many voters are more willing to turn a blind eye to the Pandemic where many were complicit in something which adversely affected most people rather than a sex scandal like Shapiro's administration was tainted with.

Quote from: Herman on August 14, 2024, 07:42:31 PMSince Walz has been at the helm, the North Star State has significantly under-performed the greater U.S. in both economic growth and employment growth rates.

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows Minnesota's economy has grown 6.2% under Walz's leadership, while the U.S. economy has grown 11.5% over the same time frame, according to an analysis by Reuters.

Hmmm, so the US economy actually grew during the Biden administration, hey Herman Herm? According to Youse that's about 3% per year.