The longer the drama about Kamala Harris’s ill-conceived choice for her running mate drags out, the more unsavory the story becomes.
When Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was first announced as Kamala’s selection, he was billed as a high school teacher (albeit one rather interested in the sex lives of his students) and the “senior enlisted” veteran elected to Congress. Within hours of that announcement, his military service was looking less and less honorable.
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).
The crux of the matter is not whether Walz is a combat veteran. That is irrelevant. Most of the people who served in the military since 9/11 are not combat veterans. As somebody famous once said, “Many are called, but few are chosen.”
Along the way, the Harris-Walz campaign has walked back Walz’s biography and claims.
Whenever anyone who served with Vance is asked about his service, they are very complimentary.
The opposite is true of Walz. His military record was examined because two of his peers blew the whistle on his self-serving cowardice. When the brigade sergeant major, Walz’s superior in the Noncommissioned Officer support channel, was interviewed, CNN abruptly terminated the damning testimony; see BOMBSHELL: Tim Walz’s Former Superior Goes on CNN, Delivers Devastating Testimony.
Now, in virtual chef’s kiss to the controversy, the chaplain of Walz’s battalion has offered his commentary.
When retired Captain Corey Bjertness, chaplain for 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, was contacted about Walz’s retirement fracas, he was pretty succinct, “In our world, to drop out after a WARNORD [warning order] is issued is cowardly, especially for a senior enlisted guy.”