Even CNN Torches Tim Walz in Blistering Fact Check About Carrying Weapon 'In War'

How long has it been since Kamala made Minnesota Governor Tim Walz her VP nominee choice? A day?

Already, the pick is imploding all over the place with allegations about quitting before he could be deployed to Iraq, stolen valor, and making false claims about his service.

As we reported, Walz made comments suggesting that he'd served in war, including a comment that is getting a lot of attention because he says "those weapons of war that I carried in war." The Kamala HQ account tweeted this, but as we pointed out, this wasn't true:

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

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But now, even the mainstream media is breaking it down and calling it out.

Here's Jim LaPorta, who's a "verification producer" for CBS, noting he didn't carry a weapon of war in war:

Quick fact check: No, Gov. Walz did not spend 25 years in the Army, it’s 24 years, 1 month and 9 days. No, he did not carry a weapon of war in war. In 2003, he deployed to Italy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. https://t.co/0UNlcJMHBV
— Jim LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) August 7, 2024

Unless there was "war" in Italy, no, he did not carry any weapon in combat.

Even CNN ripped apart the claim, pointing out how Walz has suggested he's carried weapons in a fighting situation:

CNN: It's "ABSOLUTELY FALSE" that Tim Walz ever "carried" weapons on the battlefield — an outrageous lie he has repeatedly told.

Walz abandoned his National Guard battalion just before they were deployed to Iraq. pic.twitter.com/jlTXlRLn8N
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 7, 2024

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman spoke about the differences between service in a combat area, being involved in a time of war, and being in a situation where people are shooting at you. Walz was not in combat and did not serve in Iraq. There was no instance in which he was in a position where he could be shot at, and "some of his language could be easily seen to suggest that he was," he said. "So that is absolutely false, when he said that about gun rights out there."

Yikes, great pick there, Kamala and Eric Holder. Couldn't you do any vetting on this guy at all? His own men whom he served with are calling him out. This was a real failure of vetting to let this get through, and then the Kamala account posted what he claimed on top of it.

What does this say about Harris, when this is her first big decision and it bites so badly?

It doesn't say much for her judgment. And it looks like a lot of people are concerned about it, enough to look up "stolen valor."