It seems that Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz has repeatedly made misleading statements about his military service, and even CNN admitted Wednesday that there is no evidence to back up the notion that he ever saw combat.
CNN correspondent Tom Foreman noted that “Walz did make a comment speaking to a group, he’s done it a couple of times, where he has used language that has suggested that he carried weapons in a fighting situation.”
“As you know, with your contact with the military, I know from coming from a military family, there is a difference between being in a combat area, being involved at a time of war and actually being in a position where people are shooting at you,” Foreman continued.
Then came the kicker.
“There is no evidence that at any time Governor Walz was in a position of being shot at, and some of his language could easily be seen to suggest that he was,” the correspondent urged.
Walz said in 2018 after the Parkland shooting that he wanted to ban weapons that he “carried in war.” The Harris HQ X account even boasted about the claim earlier this week.
Gov. @Tim_Walz: I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt. 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,… pic.twitter.com/3IVaXi2RP2
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 6, 2024