{"id":2321995,"date":"2024-08-09T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-campaign-quietly-changes-website-as-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal-intensifies\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T14:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T18:25:16","slug":"kamala-harris-campaign-quietly-changes-website-as-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-campaign-quietly-changes-website-as-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Campaign Quietly Changes Website as Tim Walz&#8217;s &#8216;Stolen Valor&#8217; Scandal Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-campaign-quietly-changes-website-as-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal-intensifies%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=2321995&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 summary discusses the \u200bcontroversy surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign following \u2062the announcement of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. The \u200cHarris campaign is attempting to manage scrutiny\u2064 regarding Walz&#8217;s military service, with accusations of &#8220;stolen valor&#8221; arising from his record. Initially,\u2064 the campaign presented his biography as stating he &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-misrepresented-his-military-service\/\" title=\"Tim Walz Misrepresented His Military Service\">retired command sergeant\u200d major<\/a>,&#8221;\u2063 but \u2062it has since been updated to indicate he &#8220;rose to the rank of Command Sergeant Major,&#8221; although\u2064 Walz left the military at a \u200dlower rank of master sergeant. \u200bAdditional allegations have surfaced, including claims from a former superior that Walz abandoned\u2064 his unit during a deployment to Iraq. The Republican camp, particularly Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign, has capitalized on these issues, contrasting Walz&#8217;s military record with that of \u200dhis GOP counterpart,\u2062 J.D. Vance. The piece suggests that \u200cthese developments pose significant challenges for the Harris campaign, indicating\u2062 a broader critique of their effectiveness and \u200dthe\u200c qualities of the proposed ticket.  <\/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>Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; presidential campaign is trying its best to avoid the controversy surrounding her VP pick&rsquo;s military service.<\/p>\n<p>To no surprise, after the Harris campaign announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, inquiring minds proceeded to take a fine tooth comb to his record of public service.<\/p>\n<p>While you could certainly criticize Walz for his pandering to the far left in the wake of George Floyd&rsquo;s death in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/walz-house-windows-kept-open-2020-riots-disturbing-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2020<\/a>, his 24-year military service is a topic itself as Walz has deliberately misrepresented that part of his life leading to accusations of stolen valor.<\/p>\n<p>Now &mdash; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/08\/harris-walz-military-credentials-00173236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico reported<\/a> on Thursday &mdash; the Harris campaign is trying to sweep that under the rug by updating its website&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/kamalaharris.com\/meet-governor-tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online biography<\/a> for Walz.<\/p>\n<p>While the campaign website once read that Walz, &ldquo;retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ignored-warnings-about-withdrawing-troops-from-afghanistan-military-leaders-say\/\" title=\"Military leaders say the Biden administration disregarded Afghanistan troop withdrawal warnings.\">command sergeant major<\/a>,&rdquo; it now reads that he rose, &ldquo;to the rank of Command Sergeant Major.&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<p>While Walz did become a Command Sergeant Major, by the time of he left the military, he was the lower rank of master sergeant given that he did not have coursework with the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy completed to be higher ranked.<\/p>\n<p>So, Walz did achieve the rank the Harris campaign says he did, but he did not retire at that rank.<\/p>\n<p>As previously stated, with Walz being thrust into the spotlight in potentially being the next vice president, now the American people are learning about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vp-pick-tim-walz-accused-stolen-valor-former-military-colleagues-abandoned-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more disparaging claims<\/a> from his record.<\/p>\n<p>As Walz ran for re-election as governor in 2022, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin made the lofty claim that Walz, &ldquo;abandoned his soldiers&rdquo; when he made, &ldquo;a backdoor deal&rdquo; that allowed him to miss his unit&rsquo;s deployment to Iraq in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Julin was 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,&rsquo;&rdquo; Walz called out.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign has rightfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-drops-bomb-tim-walz-completely-dismantles-military-betrayal-ever-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seized the opportunity<\/a> to contrast Walz record with Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.<\/p>\n<p>At a campaign event on Wednesday in Michigan, Vance touted his own deployment to Iraq with the marines while blasting Walz.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Tim Walz was asked to go to Iraq by his country, you know what he did? He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What bothers me about Tim Walz is the stolen valor garbage,&rdquo; the GOP VP pick continued, laying into Walz by saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d be ashamed if I was him and I lied about my military service like he did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t the attention the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-rally-reportedly-descends-complete-chaos-volunteer-breaks-tears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris campaign<\/a> is looking for, but what else do they have?<\/p>\n<p>Their candidate has spent almost four years doing nothing to improve the country.<\/p>\n<p>They now create a duo of Harris and a man who let his state burn and lied about his service.<\/p>\n<p>This ticket doesn&rsquo;t have merits to stand on.<\/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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Following the announcement of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, scrutiny of his public service record intensified. Critics have pointed out Walz&#8217;s alignment with far-left views after George Floyd&#8217;s death in 2020, but his 24 years of military service have also come under fire due to allegations that he has misrepresented this aspect of his life, leading to claims of stolen valor.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Politico on Thursday, the Harris campaign is attempting to downplay these issues by revising Walz\u2019s biography on their website. The previous description stated that he was a &#8220;retired command sergeant major,&#8221; but it has now been changed to indicate that he &#8220;rose to the rank of Command Sergeant Major.&#8221; Although Walz did achieve this rank during his career, he left the military at a lower rank\u2014master sergeant\u2014because he had not completed necessary coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.<\/p>\n<p>With Walz now in the spotlight as a potential vice president, more troubling claims about his past are emerging. During his re-election campaign for governor in 2022, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin accused him of having &#8220;abandoned his soldiers&#8221; by making a secret deal that allowed him to avoid deploying with his unit to Iraq in 2005\u2014a claim made all the more significant since Julin was once Walz\u2019s brigade command sergeant major.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign has seized upon this opportunity to contrast Walz&#8217;s record with that of Trump&#8217;s running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance. At a recent event in Michigan, Vance highlighted his own deployment experience while criticizing Walz: \u201cWhen Tim Walz was asked to go to Iraq by his country, you know what he did? He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him.\u201d Vance further condemned what he termed \u201cstolen valor,\u201d expressing shame over what he described as lies about military service.<\/p>\n<p>This situation is not ideal for Harris\u2019 campaign; they are struggling for positive attention amid criticism regarding their candidate\u2019s lackluster performance over nearly four years and now face scrutiny over their choice in running mate\u2014a man who allegedly mismanaged crises and misrepresented aspects of his military career<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2321996,"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\/haralz.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35110,32438,33117,37357,36113],"class_list":["post-2321995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-campaign-website","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-scandal","tag-stolen-valor","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/haralz.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321995","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=2321995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}