{"id":2321324,"date":"2024-08-08T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-national-guard-releases-statement-on-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:53:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T19:53:53","slug":"minnesota-national-guard-releases-statement-on-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-national-guard-releases-statement-on-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota National Guard Releases Statement on Tim Walz&#8217;s &#8216;Stolen Valor&#8217; Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-national-guard-releases-statement-on-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2321324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text\u200c discusses \u2064recent controversies surrounding Minnesota Governor Tim \u2064Walz, particularly accusations of &#8220;stolen valor.&#8221; It was revealed that Walz did not retire from\u200d the\u2062 Minnesota National Guard as a command master sergeant as he has claimed, but rather as a master sergeant.\u2064 This \u200bdiscrepancy arose when \u2063Army Lt. Col. Kristen Aug\u00e9 confirmed Walz&#8217;s actual retirement status. Despite this, his 2006 congressional\u200b campaign and his gubernatorial biography continue to refer to him\u200b inaccurately as \u200ba &#8220;retired Command Sgt. Major.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>There are \u200cadditional allegations concerning Walz&#8217;s military service, including complaints from former military colleagues who accuse him of abandoning his soldiers during a\u2064 2005 deployment to Iraq. Republican figures, including Iowa Sen. J.D.\u2062 Vance, have drawn attention to these claims, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">mainstream media outlets<\/a> like CNN have fact-checked\u2062 him on certain statements. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dick-van-dyke-nabs-latest-emmy-nomination-at-98\/\" title=\"98-year-old Dick Van Dyke secures new Emmy nod\">text implies<\/a> that dishonesty \u2062in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-candidate-jr-majewski-drops-out-of-ohio-house-race\/\" title=\"JR Majewski, a controversial candidate, withdraws from Ohio House race\">military\u200d service claims<\/a> is particularly egregious and may be one of the few lies the public will not tolerate. <\/p>\n<p>the\u2064 situation highlights ongoing \u2062tensions in political narratives, particularly concerning military credentials and integrity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elected Democrats have grown so accustomed to lying with impunity that they probably think nothing of it.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, for Republicans and conservatives, they seem to have blundered into one of the few remaining lies that Americans will not tolerate.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Army Lt. Col. Kristen Aug&eacute;, the Minnesota National Guard&rsquo;s State Public Affairs Officer, added detail to an emerging picture when she confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/past-criticisms-vp-nominee-tim-walzs-retirement-military-resurface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a> that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-campaign-responds-kamalas-vp-selection-using-tim-walzs-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tabbed<\/a> on Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; 2024 running mate and currently embroiled in a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-inflated-his-military-rank-and-ducked-deployment\/\" title=\"Tim Walz Inflated His Military Rank And Ducked Deployment\">stolen valor&#038;rdquo<\/a>; scandal, did not retire from the Minnesota National Guard as a command master sergeant &mdash; a rank he has since claimed on many occasions.<\/p>\n<p>According to Aug&eacute;, Walz &ldquo;retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, in a 2006 press release Walz&rsquo;s congressional campaign referred to him as &ldquo;retired Command Sgt. Major Tim Walz.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tim Walz&rsquo;s press releases from his 2006 campaign for Congress repeatedly and falsely referred to him as a &ldquo;retired Command Sgt. Major.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He retired as a master sergeant. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VoZaEMyFBV\">pic.twitter.com\/VoZaEMyFBV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1821570246114717856?\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/governor\/about-gov\/timwalz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gubernatorial biography<\/a> includes the same claim.<\/p>\n<p>Bad as they are, however, accusations of stolen valor do not even tell the whole story of Walz&rsquo;s service record.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2022, for instance, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vp-pick-tim-walz-accused-stolen-valor-former-military-colleagues-abandoned-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> Walz of &ldquo;abandoning his soldiers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Facing deployment to Iraq in 2005, Walz benefited from what Julin called a &ldquo;backdoor deal.&rdquo; In fact, Walz secured this &ldquo;deal&rdquo; without even consulting Julin, who at the time served as Walz&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-pick-tim-walz-accused-of-stolen-valor-by-former-military-colleagues-he-abandoned-us\/\" title=\"VP Pick Tim Walz Accused of &#039;Stolen Valor&#039; by Former Military Colleagues: &#039;He Abandoned Us&#039;\">brigade command sergeant major<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He went around my authority to get out of the position. I probably would have told him, &lsquo;No, you&rsquo;re going on the deployment,&rdquo; Julin said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Tom Behrends, who replaced Walz and served a two-year deployment in Iraq, blasted his predecessor as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walzs-former-squadmate-gone-iraq-hiding-desk-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he would&rsquo;ve went to Iraq, he&rsquo;d still be hiding under his desk over there,&rdquo; Behrends said.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Walz, Harris and the Democrats have a serious problem on their hands. And the scandal appears unlikely to go away anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-drops-bomb-tim-walz-completely-dismantles-military-betrayal-ever-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> of Ohio, an Iraq War veteran and former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s 2024 running mate, has called out Walz for stolen valor.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, in a shocking twist, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/freezes-cnn-fact-checks-vp-pick-tim-walz-military-experience-making-kamala-harris-look-even-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> has fact-checked Walz for an &ldquo;absolutely false&rdquo; statement about carrying weapons in war. Something unusual is definitely afoot when even the establishment media has to acknowledge a Democrat&rsquo;s lies.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Democrats and the establishment media will lie to the public about anything, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/durham-tears-schiff-shreds-subtle-line-references-congressmans-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian collusion<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-rejects-attempt-disqualify-trump-insurrection-clause-orders-state-official-put-45-back-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake insurrections<\/a>. They will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/every-parent-watch-musk-s-woman-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call men women<\/a> and vice versa. They will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-teams-sesame-street-promote-faucis-vaccine-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">run cover for tyrants<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ted-cruz-elon-musk-allege-google-engaged-election-interference-seeing-insane-trump-search-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censor the truth<\/a> at every turn.<\/p>\n<p>With shameful passivity, the public has tolerated or even embraced those lies.<\/p>\n<p>But at least now we know that there might be one lie the public will not tolerate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Fortunately for Republicans and conservatives, they appear to have stumbled upon one of the few remaining falsehoods that the American public will not accept. On Wednesday, Army Lt. Col. Kristen Aug\u00e9, who serves as the State Public Affairs Officer for the Minnesota National Guard, provided further details by confirming to Just the News that Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota\u2014recently named as Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s running mate for 2024 and currently involved in a &#8220;stolen valor&#8221; controversy\u2014did not retire from the Minnesota National Guard at the rank of command master sergeant, a title he has frequently claimed. According to Aug\u00e9, Walz &#8220;retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.&#8221; However, during his 2006 congressional campaign, Walz&#8217;s press release inaccurately referred to him as &#8220;retired Command Sgt. Major Tim Walz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walz\u2019s gubernatorial biography also makes this same claim about his rank. Yet accusations of stolen valor do not fully capture all aspects of Walz\u2019s military service record. For example, in September 2022, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin accused Walz of \u201cabandoning his soldiers.\u201d When faced with deployment to Iraq in 2005, Julin alleged that Walz benefited from what he described as a \u201cbackdoor deal,\u201d which was arranged without consulting him despite being his brigade command sergeant major at that time: \u201cHe went around my authority to get out of the position,\u201d Julin stated.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Tom Behrends\u2014who took over after Walz and served two years in Iraq\u2014criticized him harshly: \u201cIf he would\u2019ve gone to Iraq, he\u2019d still be hiding under his desk over there.\u201d This situation presents significant challenges for Walz and other Democrats like Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal does not seem poised to fade away soon; Republican Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio\u2014a veteran of the Iraq War and former President Donald Trump\u2019s running mate for 2024\u2014has publicly called out Walz regarding allegations of stolen valor.<\/p>\n<p>In an unexpected turn of events even CNN has fact-checked one statement made by Walz about carrying weapons during wartime as \u201cabsolutely false.\u201d It is unusual when mainstream media acknowledges lies from a Democrat; typically they are willing to mislead on various issues\u2014from Russian collusion narratives to fabricated insurrections\u2014and often distort gender identities or protect authoritarian figures while censoring truth relentlessly.<\/p>\n<p>While many lies have been tolerated or even accepted by society with shameful indifference up until now, it appears there may finally be one lie that Americans are unwilling to accept<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2321325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/incognito-tim.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4505,37573,4633,37357,36113],"class_list":["post-2321324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-military","tag-minnesota-national-guard","tag-scandal","tag-stolen-valor","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/incognito-tim.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}