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Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler shredded Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz’s, D-Minn., declare that he as soon as carried weapons of warfare “in war.”
In an evaluation piece of Walz’s army service report, Kessler denied the governor’s 2018 declare that he had dealt with weapons in a fight theater over his 24-year profession within the U.S. Army National guard. The fact-checker confirmed to readers that there was no proof he served in fight so he couldn’t have carried the weapons.
“He did carry weapons of war — just not in war,” Kessler declared.
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Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler refuted Gov. Tim Walz’s, D-Minn., 2018 claims that he as soon as carried weapons “in war.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
The governor made the closely scrutinized declare in query throughout a 2018 city corridor assembly the place he advocated for gun management insurance policies.
In a clip of the assembly, which the Harris marketing campaign shared on social media earlier this week, Walz instructed an viewers, “I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt… And I tell you what I have been doing. I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can do CDC research. We can make sure we don’t have reciprocal carry among states. And we can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at.”
Kessler’s piece, printed on Friday, grilled Walz over the declare, stating, “There is no evidence that Walz served in combat — and he has not claimed he did. He did receive ribbons for proficiency in sharpshooting and hand grenades, according to military records obtained through an open records request by MPR News.”
The Washington Post fact-checker additionally famous {that a} Harris marketing campaign spokesperson admitted that “the governor misspoke.”
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The area scoreboard on the Liacouras Center, the positioning of Vice President Kamala Harris’ first rally together with her operating mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 6, 2024 (Fresh News – Paul Steinhauser)
When reached for remark, the Walz marketing campaign supplied the next assertion to Fresh News Digital.
“Governor Walz would never insult or undermine any American’s service to this country — in fact, he thanks Senator Vance for putting his life on the line for our country,” the assertion mentioned. “It’s the American way. In making the case for why weapons of war should never be on our streets or in our classrooms, the Governor misspoke. He did handle weapons of war and believes strongly that only military members trained to carry those deadly weapons should have access to them, unlike Donald Trump and JD Vance who prioritize the gun lobby over our children.”
Kessler rendered his ultimate evaluation of Walz’s phrases, saying, “Walz’s language was sloppy and false. He did carry weapons of war — just not in war.”
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Kessler was hardly the primary to go after Walz on this declare. Throughout the week, the marketing campaign’s political opponents, social media critics, and even liberal media networks known as it out.
GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance led the Republican assaults on Walz’s “in war” claims.
He requested on Wednesday, “Well, I wonder, Tim Walz, when were you ever in war? When was this? What was this weapon that you carried into war?” He then went on to say that Walz “has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
CNN correspondent Tom Foreman fact-checked the road on Wednesday, saying there “is no evidence that at any time Governor Walz was in the position of being shot at, and some of his language could easily be seen to suggest that he was. So that is absolutely false when he said that about gun rights out there.”
