Kamala Harris‘s 2024 vice presidential running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), abruptly retired from the Minnesota Army National Guard prior to his unit’s deployment to Iraq in 2005. While Walz at the time—and subsequently—has said he retired to run for Congress and was unaware of the looming deployment, a press release from his first congressional campaign in 2005 suggests the Minnesota Democrat knew his unit’s deployment to Iraq was imminent.
While Walz frequently touts his military record on the campaign trail, the revelations regarding the 2005 press release add to accusations that the Democratic governor has embellished and even outright lied about the nature of his service in the National Guard.
“On Thursday, March 17 the National Gaurd Public Affairs Office announced a possible partial mobilization of roughly 2,000 troops from the Minnesota National Guard,” the Walz release reads. It adds: “The announcement from the National Guard PAO specified that all or a portion of Walz‘s battalion could be mobilized to serve within the next two years.”
The Minnesota Democrat and his allies have insisted over the years that his retirement from the state’s National Guard was not influenced by any knowledge of deployment orders—especially to avoid being sent to an active combat zone. However, multiple members of state National Guard units have said publicly that the nature of deployment orders is usually known months in advance prior to any official notification—meaning Walz likely knew his unit was heading to Iraq well before the March press release.
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BREAKING: This is THE SMOKING GUN on Tim Walz STOLEN VALOR:
Straight from his 2006 campaign website.
Flat-out admitting to abandoning his battalion if deployed to Iraq to run for Congress.
Every lie they’ve told you about his military service is provably false now.
COWARD. pic.twitter.com/dXAVq59zbH
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 8, 2024
