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While it’s commendable to honor military service by electing veterans to office, some individuals take this service and twist it into political leverage. Governor Tim Walz from Minnesota, picked as Kamala Harris’s running mate for the 2024 election, practically wrote the manual on how not to handle military credentials. In a recent video, Walz not only paraded his years in the Army but also demonstrated a startling knack for bending the truth, making it look like he’s auditioning for the role of a leftist villain in a dystopian movie.
In a brief soundbite, Governor Walz claimed to have spent 25 years in military service and boasted about his hunting skills. Naturally, the audience braced for the classic leftist pivot: an impassioned call for gun control disguised as concern for public safety. This pattern among Democrats is as predictable as a sunrise, and Walz did not disappoint. He waxed poetic about “common-sense legislation” for the Second Amendment that feels more like common nonsense to anyone who values individual liberties.
After 25 Years in Guard, Does Tim Walz Even Know What Kind of Rifle He Carried? via @WestJournalism https://t.co/4ZsieF9ZXT
— Margie #OKAllRight 🆙⬆️👌🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏 (@HUNNZY) August 8, 2024
His comments didn’t just raise eyebrows; they set off alarm bells. Advocating for things like background checks and CDC research into gun violence might sound sensible on paper, but the real agenda becomes evident when Walz brazenly connects hunting to the Founding Fathers’ hard-fought battle to secure Americans’ right to bear arms. Surely, those esteemed figures didn’t risk their lives just so that urban elites could dictate how rural Americans hunt for sport.
Moreover, the exclamatory nonsense didn’t end there. The governor made an outlandish claim associating the weapons he carried in combat with his desire to restrict the very rights that make this country what it is. Not only did Walz fail to comprehend the difference between “weapons of war” and civilian firearms, but he also let slip that he apparently never even managed to deploy to Iraq. This begs the question—what on earth was he carrying? Collecting dust in a display case?
The backlash has been swift. A former squad mate has accused Walz of cowardice for skipping out on deployment, leaving his unit stranded. Meanwhile, even members of his own party couldn’t help but cringe at his shifting narratives. Republican Senator J.D. Vance, an Iraq War veteran himself, wouldn’t let this one slide. He highlighted the disparity between genuine service and Walz’s self-serving narrative, pointing out the sheer shame of abandoning one’s responsibilities during wartime.
In the end, Walz’s rhetoric on “weapons of war” is laughably misguided. While he’s got the Army service in his back pocket, it now seems more like a convenient prop for promoting an anti-gun agenda. If he claims to be hunting for truth, he is clearly missing the mark entirely—a reality that doesn’t bode well for his ambitions in the political arena. The truth is, when it comes to real service, integrity, and commitment to the Second Amendment, Walz’s actions leave much to be desired.
