Source: Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
At The Spectator, Amber Duke explains that despite the best efforts of his party at the Democratic National Convention, Tim Walz’s lies can’t be erased. She writes:
The big event of the night was the official introduction of Minnesota governor Tim Walz, who has had a… difficult… rollout, to put it lightly. He has been accused of stolen valor, lying about his wife’s fertility treatments, having his campaign give false statements about his DUI arrest and stretching the truth on his record of reopening schools during the pandemic, among other tall tales.
There was a thick level of irony when Speaker Pelosi reminded us that Walz “fought for our American heroes as the Democratic leader of the VA committee,” considering he did not fight alongside the heroes he abandoned to run for Congress before they deployed to Afghanistan. Governor Wes Moore also referenced Walz’s service, explaining that he would know that, in the military, you count the number of days until a mission is complete. Or the number of days until retirement — whichever comes first. A video of veterans praised Walz’s work on the VA committee.
Amy Klobuchar seemed to mock us when she told us that Coach Walz “turned a team around” from a no-win record to a state championship when he was merely an assistant coach. She added for good measure, “who better to serve our country than a guy who has served in uniform?”
The Democrats wisely followed this up with a student and neighbor of Walz describing how he helped him out of a snow bank. He called out the now-adult members of that state championship-winning team and reminded that Walz made school lunches free for every student in his school. Walz was officially introduced with a video narrated by his wife, Gwen, recounting his small-town roots and history as a teacher. Unfortunately, there were no cheers in the audience when Gwen noted that Walz is a hunter and gun owner. Worse still, Gwen falsely said that Walz earned the rank of Command Sergeant Major, even though he never completed the training required for that rank.
Walz declined to address his bevy of embellishments when he finally stepped on stage, sticking to the typical bumbling white-guy routine. He talked about how proud he was to serve in the National Guard but sidestepped his previous falsehoods. He retold his story about his wife’s fertility treatments, which he previously falsely suggested were IVF.
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