CNN Cut Short Interview With Tim Walz's Ex Unit Commander Because Of 'Technical Difficulties'

Posted • August 10, 2024: Ever since JD Vance responded to criticism from Tim Walz by accusing Kamala Harris' running-mate of stolen valor, more and more clips of Walz either claiming to have fought in war zones or standing by listening to others say that while not correcting them have surfaced. The Harris campaign knows it has a problem on its hands, so they're now hoping this statement to ABC News from an unnamed Walz spokesperson will do the trick: A senior Harris-Walz campaign spokesman tells me Tim Walz “misspoke” when he talked about “weapons of war that I carried in war” in 2018. Walz served in the Army National Guard for 24 years. He trained with “weapons of war” but he never deployed in a war zone. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUlpWjBW0AAASQj?format=jpg&name=medium -- "Misspoke"? It happened on multiple occasions and even appears in articles about Walz.

He said something similar back in 2006 and keeps referring to himself in a variety of ways as a combat veteran. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUmj5EDX0AAwuX8?format=jpg&name=large -- Did he also misspeak in this interview? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUmJPB_W0AAZJqg?format=jpg&name=large -- However, the statement from the Walz campaign will probably be enough to satisfy the Dem allies in the media. Meanwhile, CNN interviewed Walz's former superior, and it appears somebody at the cable net didn't like where this was headed. (…)

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