Walz stolen valor hallucinations

 Red State:

In 2021 9/11 Speech, Tim Walz References 'Being on the Tarmac at Bagram' During a Ramp Ceremony

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 In the spoken remarks, Walz doesn't say "In Iraq" which is fortunate since we all know that Bagram Air Base is in Afghanistan (and was abandoned by Joe Biden during his failed withdrawal from Afghanistan). But in the transcript, published in the book "Minnesota in the Global War on Terrorism: Post-9/11 Profiles," it's clear where he went off-script and at least corrected that portion. From that book:

In the years after that classroom, I had the privilege of serving in this state's [N[ational [G]uard. I stood one night in the dark of night on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base in Iraq and watched a military ramp ceremony–a soldier’s body being loaded onto a plane to be returned home. And if you've seen it, you don't leave the same. It makes you wonder, what are we doing? What are we trying to get to? And then watching as all of you have been, the confusing last few weeks with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. 

As if intending to further twist the knife of stolen valor, Walz's scripted remarks continued:

As we’ve been reminded today, it was this state that volunteered first when the nation was most in peril. From Gettysburg to Kabul, Minnesotans have been there and they've done what was asked of them

 Minnesotans have done what was asked of them, except for Tim Walz.

By inserting the unscripted remarks about his daughter immediately before talking about being at Bagram, Walz once again implies that his deployment was a combat deployment and that he was in Bagram as part of his National Guard duties. As it turns out, he was in Bagram, but as part of a Congressional delegation in 2011. He conveniently left that part out. As much as he talks about his alleged experiences in the Global War on Terror, it should be obvious that he didn't do anything. Most of the guys who were in the midst of the fighting very rarely talk about it, and they don't use it for political gain.

Walz apparently participated in a ramp ceremony during a January 2008 Congressional visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan related to healthcare for veterans, but as a member of the House of Representatives since he had already been retired from the National Guard for a few years at that point.

The man appears to be having difficulty remembering where he has been and in what capacity, or he is just trying to BS the crowds he speaks to.  I was in the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam initially as assistant commander of the Third Marine Division communication center and subsequently as the executive officer of Mike Company 3/3 in infantry operations near the DMZ.  I have no problem in remembering those assignments nor do I ever forget that I was wounded in action along with several of my troops.

See also this from Red State:

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Two of his former peers weighed in on the totality of the circumstances of his service; see UPDATED: MN Gov. Tim Walz Accused of Cowardice and Embellishment of Army Service Record by Former Peers. Then a video surfaced of Walz claiming to be a combat veteran; see Tim Walz Goes Full Metal Stolen Valor in Anti-Gun Rant. Along the way, the left and the media tried to claim that Walz was being criticized for being a National Guardsman (he wasn't), and that JD Vance wasn't a real combat veteran (he is).
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And:

 Former Battalion Commander Lights Up Tim Walz Over Stolen Valor Scandal—'He Did Not Earn the Rank'

And:

 Ron DeSantis pulls the curtain back on Tim Walz and Kamala is furious

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 Ron DeSantis recalled when Tim Walz and his Democrat lackeys established a “snitch hotline” during the pandemic panic era of 2020 and 2021. He’s referring to Minnesota citizens being given a hotline to call and report their neighbors who weren’t obeying all of the radical big government demands during the pandemic panic.

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