Tim Walz Accused of Stolen Valor Over Claim That He Fought in War, He Did Not

Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, the sitting governor of Minnesota is in hot water today with veterans groups across the country over a false military claim of stolen valor.

Walz claimed that he had carrier a weapon during war. Although he served in the U.S. Army National Guard, Walz never went to war. In fact, when his unit deployed to Iraq, Walz quit the army, abandoning the soldiers in his command.

“I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt,” Walz said. “I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can research the impacts of gun violence. We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, are only carried in war”

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