{"id":2321941,"date":"2024-08-09T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quayle-and-bush-provide-walz-models-to-set-national-guard-record-straight-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:04:34","slug":"quayle-and-bush-provide-walz-models-to-set-national-guard-record-straight-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quayle-and-bush-provide-walz-models-to-set-national-guard-record-straight-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Quayle and Bush provide Walz models to set National Guard record straight &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fquayle-and-bush-provide-walz-models-to-set-national-guard-record-straight-washington-examiner%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=2321941&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>Governor Tim Walz of\u2064 Minnesota, the Democratic vice\u200c presidential\u200c candidate,\u200b is facing scrutiny\u200d regarding his claims about his National\u200c Guard\u200b service. Critics\u2063 urge him \u200bto clarify inconsistencies in his military biography, \u2062particularly \u200dsurrounding\u2063 his rank and the reasons for\u2062 his discharge after two\u2064 decades of service. Notably, his campaign has\u200c altered his online resume, now stating \u2063he served at the rank of &#8220;<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;\">retired command sergeant major<\/a>&#8221; rather\u2062 than maintaining that title due\u2062 to failure to complete necessary courses. Despite this, Walz has \u2062made assertions about \u200chis military status for years, which have become ingrained in his political image. \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Prominent figures like Democratic adviser Van Jones encourage Walz to address\u200d these issues decisively. Even supportive \u200boutlets, such as The Washington Post, \u200bhave described his claims as misleading. In contrast, historical examples from former President George W. Bush and former \u2063Vice President Dan Quayle illustrate potential strategies\u2063 for Walz to handle \u200dmedia scrutiny\u200d and public perception, emphasizing the importance of combating allegations directly.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Quayle and Bush provide Walz models to set National Guard record straight<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726242\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tim Walz\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), the Democratic vice presidential pick, is being urged to address his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3116271\/harris-campaign-changes-walz-military-biography-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>National Guard service<\/a> and clearly explain his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3114388\/walz-military-service-record-under-scrutiny-2024-race-heats-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>time in uniform<\/a> and departure after two decades.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reality is if he said one or two things that turned out to be maybe a little bit sloppy, fix it,&rdquo; Democratic adviser Van Jones said on CNN. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s just get this cleaned up and move on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Walz has so far ducked questions about his description of his service and if he quit to avoid deployment to war in Iraq, the Harris campaign has tweaked his online resume, changing his rank from &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-misrepresented-his-military-service\/\" title=\"Tim Walz Misrepresented His Military Service\">retired command sergeant major&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to just that he served at that rank before losing it because he didn&rsquo;t complete the required courses.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has made the false claim for years, and it has become part of his political profile. C-SPAN, for example, posted a video of Walz making the claim in 2006.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Good morning. I&#8217;m Tim Walz and I&#8217;m running for Congress in Minnesota&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. I&#8217;m a retired command sergeant major.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; February 8, 2006 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eE4LdG2GyS\">pic.twitter.com\/eE4LdG2GyS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HowardMortman\/status\/1821859453777346810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even the supportive liberal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/08\/09\/assessing-claims-about-walz-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>  found that Walz has lied about his military service, though it toned down the grating language. The paper said on Friday: &ldquo;Walz&rsquo;s language was sloppy and false. He did carry weapons of war &mdash; just not in war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if he wants to push back. But if Walz does, the last two presidential-level National Guard veterans provide a path of attack.<\/p>\n<p>Former President George W. Bush showed the effectiveness of fighting back. His service in the National Guard was questioned by former CBS anchor Dan Rather. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-pushed-back-hard-and-won-nyt-walks-back-smear-against-babylon-bee-after-legal-threat\/\" title=\"\u2018We Pushed Back Hard And Won\u2019: NYT Walks Back \u2018Smear\u2019 Against Babylon Bee After Legal Threat\">pushed back hard<\/a>, and eventually, Rather was shoved out of his chair.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Dan Quayle is also a leading example. When 1988 GOP nominee and Vice President George H.W. Bush picked the youthful Quayle as his running mate, the media seized on claims that the Indiana senator pulled strings to get into the National Guard as a way to duck the Vietnam War-era draft.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks almost forced him out of the race, but Quayle decided to push back and hosted a raucous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1988-08-20-mn-574-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-rips-gop-hypocrites-in-abandoning-jan-6-riot-suspects\/\" title=\"MTG slams GOP &#039;hypocrites&#039; for ditching Jan. 6 riot suspects\">outdoor press conference<\/a><\/a> in his hometown of Huntington, Indiana, the day after the Republican National Convention wrapped up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">When relations soured during his 1992 reelection campaign, former President George H.W. Bush gave these hats to rallygoers. (Washington Examiner photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Staying on the offense and not allowing anyone else to set the agenda &mdash; not your opponents, not the media &mdash; is absolutely crucial to winning,&rdquo; Quayle wrote in his memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Standing-Firm-Vice-Presidential-Dan-Quayle\/dp\/B0042B9C7K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Standing Firm<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the book, he revealed that he considered dropping out until his wife Marilyn said bluntly, &ldquo;Well, if you get out now, everyone for the rest of your life will believe it is true &hellip; you have to stay and you have to fight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three days after the outdoor press conference that saw supporters jeering the media, Quayle&rsquo;s hometown put up a plaque on the site heralding the &ldquo;Battle of Huntington.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The battle marked the beginning of antagonistic relations between the White House and its press corps that have lasted through today. Four years later, with his campaign under siege, Bush gave rallygoers red hats with the words &ldquo;Annoy the Media Re-Elect Bush&rdquo; on them.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726242\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726242\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quayle and Bush offer examples for Walz to clarify his National Guard record. Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is being encouraged to discuss his National Guard service and provide a clear account of his time in uniform as well as the reasons for his departure after two decades. Democratic advisor Van Jones stated on CNN, \u201cIf he made one or two statements that were somewhat inaccurate, he should correct them. Let\u2019s resolve this and move forward.\u201d Although Walz has avoided questions regarding how he characterized his service and whether he left to evade deployment to Iraq, the Harris campaign has modified his online biography by changing his designation from \u201cretired command sergeant major\u201d to indicating that he served at that rank before losing it due to not completing necessary courses. Despite this adjustment, Walz has maintained the incorrect claim for years, which has become part of his political identity; C-SPAN even shared a video of him asserting this in 2006. The supportive liberal Washington Post also noted that Walz misrepresented aspects of his military service but used less harsh language in its critique: \u201cWalz\u2019s statements were misleading and untrue. He did handle weapons of war\u2014just not during wartime.\u201d It remains uncertain if Walz intends to counter these claims; however, former President George W. Bush&#8217;s experience demonstrates an effective strategy for doing so when questioned about National Guard service by former CBS anchor Dan Rather\u2014Bush responded forcefully enough that Rather was ultimately removed from the situation. Former Vice President Dan Quayle serves as another example; when selected as George H.W. Bush&#8217;s running mate in 1988, media scrutiny arose over allegations that Quayle had used connections to join the National Guard instead of serving in Vietnam\u2014a controversy nearly derailed his candidacy until Quayle decided to confront it head-on with a lively press conference back home shortly after the Republican National Convention concluded.<\/p>\n<p>In reflecting on these experiences in his memoir &#8220;Standing Firm,&#8221; Quayle emphasized the importance of maintaining an offensive stance against opponents and media narratives: \u201cIt is essential not to let anyone else dictate your agenda.\u201d He revealed considering withdrawal from the race until encouraged by his wife Marilyn who bluntly remarked that stepping down would lead people to believe those accusations forever: \u201cYou have to stay and fight.\u201d Following Quayle&#8217;s press conference where supporters rallied against journalists, a plaque commemorating what became known as the &#8220;Battle of Huntington&#8221; was erected at its location\u2014a moment marking ongoing tensions between presidential administrations and their press corps even today. Four years later during another challenging campaign period for Bush Sr., rally attendees received red hats emblazoned with &#8220;Annoy the Media Re-Elect Bush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2321942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim_Walz_662.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4589,37479,37686,37687],"class_list":["post-2321941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bush","tag-national-guard","tag-quayle","tag-walz-models"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim_Walz_662.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321941","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}