{"id":2328391,"date":"2024-08-21T12:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T16:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-something-really-demented-about-tim-walzs-lying\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T17:01:42","slug":"there-is-something-really-demented-about-tim-walzs-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-something-really-demented-about-tim-walzs-lying\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is Something Really Demented About Tim Walz&#8217;s Lying"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fthere-is-something-really-demented-about-tim-walzs-lying%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=2328391&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\u200b article critiques Tim Walz, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">vice presidential candidate<\/a>, \u2064highlighting concerns over his frequent misunderstandings\u2063 and \u2062distortions regarding his military service and personal life. The author suggests that Walz has a pattern\u200c of misrepresentation, including misleading claims about serving in combat zones and making exaggerated statements about his political achievements. Specific allegations include misrepresenting his military rank and downplaying his actual\u2064 military experience, which involved service in Italy rather than\u200d in Iraq or Afghanistan. <\/p>\n<p>The \u200barticle also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-do-the-rich-really-pay-no-taxes\/\" title=\"Fact Check: Do The Rich Really Pay No Taxes?\">raises ethical questions<\/a>\u200c about Walz&#8217;s claims regarding his family&#8217;s \u200dexperiences with fertility treatments, stating that while he described their journey as one involving in vitro fertilization (IVF), they actually used \u2062intrauterine insemination\u2062 (IUI). The author argues that this mischaracterization is manipulative, \u2063as it positions Walz\u2062 against political opponents who \u2064oppose \u200dIVF on moral grounds.<\/p>\n<p>the article portrays Walz as a politician who \u200bengages in deceitful rhetoric without facing the same\u2063 scrutiny that other politicians\u200b have endured for similar\u200c actions, which raises \u200cquestions about\u200b the integrity of \u200cpolitical discourse and the media&#8217;s accountability in reporting these\u2062 issues.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Have you noticed that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/21\/tim-walz-iui-ivf-military-rank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gaffe<\/a>-&ldquo;prone vice presidential candidate Tim Walz <em>misspeaks<\/em> quite a bit, tends to use &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/wapo-fact-check-concludes-walz-claims-of-carrying-weapons-in-war-were-sloppy-and-false\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sloppy<\/a>&rdquo; rhetoric, and is regularly compelled to &ldquo;clarify&rdquo; his statements? Really, Walz lies a lot. Yet, a political press that not very long ago featured &ldquo;lie counters&rdquo; on chyrons for Donald Trump is awash in euphemisms to cover for Walz&rsquo;s deceptions. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s one thing to exaggerate your political accomplishments or lie about your political opponents. Walz isn&rsquo;t the first politician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/15\/politics\/tim-walz-2006-campaign-falsely-described-dwi-kfile\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to spin some fiction<\/a> about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-addresses-husbands-dui-arrest-mentions-that-she-had-nothing-to-do-with-it\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi Addresses Husband\u2019s DUI Arrest, Mentions That She Had Nothing to Do With It\">drunk driving arrest<\/a>. All in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Lying about serving in war, on the other hand, is a shameful appropriation of bravery and honor. Years ago, it was unlikely a candidate could recover from the indignity of misleading the public about his military service. Today, apparently, it&rsquo;s no big deal. Walz, picked by Kamala Harris two weeks ago as a running mate, won&rsquo;t even answer any genuine questions about his history of misleading voters.<\/p>\n<p>And make no mistake, Walz isn&rsquo;t being &ldquo;accused&rdquo; of lying by the GOP, as so many in the press contend. He&rsquo;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ioKhfz6xUE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">caught on tape<\/a>. Indeed, Walz, who also often misrepresented his rank, spent years &mdash; at best &mdash; allowing voters to believe he&rsquo;d courageously gone off to Iraq or Afghanistan when in fact he was in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/13\/tim-walz-didnt-misspeak-about-his-military-service-hes-lied-for-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Italy<\/a>, and then avoided deployment to enter politics.<\/p>\n<p>Lying about fighting in a war is unethical and dishonorable. It&rsquo;s nothing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/18\/nyregion\/18blumenthal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new<\/a>. Lying about <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/20\/tim-walz-lied-about-how-his-children-were-conceived-for-years-to-attack-pro-lifers-over-ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how your children were conceived<\/a> to score some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-house-republicans-vote-against-awarding-medals-to-all-police-who-were-at-january-6-riot\/\" title=\"21 House Republicans Vote Against Awarding Medals To All Police Who Were At January 6 Riot\">cheap political points<\/a> is sort of demented.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank God for IVF. My wife and I have two beautiful children,&rdquo; Walz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2024\/08\/20\/tim-walz-ivf-fertility-gwen-iui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> MSNBC not long ago. In April, Walz sent out a fund-raising letter that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/19\/us\/tim-walz-fertility-pregnancy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a>: &ldquo;My wife and I used I.V.F. to start a family.&rsquo;&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s claim that his family used in vitro fertilization to conceive was not some throwaway line. The IVF scaremongering is a central issue for Democrats. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/19\/tracking-the-lies-of-the-left-at-the-dnc\/\">Numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/08\/20\/dnc-speech-tammy-duckworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speakers<\/a> at the DNC have warned that Donald Trump wants to ban IVF, an accusation that has no basis in reality.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous pieces have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/dog-parks-diet-dew-and-car-sickness-a-collection-of-tidbits-about-gov-tim-walz\/600766873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">focused on the IVF tribulations of the Walz family<\/a>. &ldquo;Already, Walz has captivated crowds in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan with the story of his daughter&rsquo;s birth, made possible through in vitro fertilization treatments,&rdquo; the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/walz-harris-ivf-abortion-reproductive-rights-55cb772464c99ba9c2b4c2043cb87560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> on Aug. 8 in a piece headlined &ldquo;In 60-year-old Tim Walz, Kamala Harris found a partner to advocate for reproductive rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/nMM8RKR-KGk?app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one video<\/a>, you can watch Walz even getting <em>emotional<\/em> talking about IVF.&rdquo; &ldquo;I remember it like it was yesterday,&rdquo; the veep candidate claims. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not crying, you&rsquo;re crying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is sociopathic behavior, because, in truth, the Walzes never used IVF; they used IUI, which is not fraught with the moral questions surrounding the destruction of embryos. It&rsquo;s a fertility procedure in which sperm is placed in the uterus during ovulation to increase the chances of pregnancy. A big difference.<\/p>\n<p>Or, in other words, Walz relied on IVF in the same way he carried an AR-15 in &ldquo;war&rdquo; (which was a lie twice over, incidentally, since semiauto AR-15s aren&rsquo;t used in combat by Americans who deploy to war zones.)<\/p>\n<p>Wherever you stand on the issue of IVF, it&rsquo;s clear that Walz used his children as cudgels against Catholics and other orthodox Christians who oppose the practice of IVF on moral grounds and tend to vote for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Now, there is always the small chance that Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and vice presidential candidate of the United States, was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Yamiche\/status\/1826248095463625028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unaware of which procedure was being used<\/a> to help conceive his children. If that&rsquo;s the case, he&rsquo;s too dumb to be in office.<\/p>\n<p>So how does the media frame this revelation?<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times contends that the Walz camp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/19\/us\/tim-walz-fertility-pregnancy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has<\/a> &ldquo;clarified&rdquo; his statements. An Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2024\/08\/20\/tim-walz-ivf-fertility-gwen-iui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece<\/a> on the matter is headlined, &ldquo;Gwen Walz sheds light on fertility journey, clarifies they did not use IVF.&rdquo; CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/20\/politics\/gwen-walz-fertility-struggles\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a>, &ldquo;Gwen Walz reveals she underwent a different treatment, not IVF, in new details about fertility struggles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She revealed new details? What are they talking about? Tim Walz was caught lying about IVF and now his camp is compelled to admit it. They aren&rsquo;t &ldquo;shedding light&rdquo; on their &ldquo;fertility journey&rdquo; or &ldquo;clarifying&rdquo; a story. This wasn&rsquo;t hyperbole or &ldquo;sloppy&rdquo; rhetoric, just a lie.<\/p>\n<p>A weird, demented lie.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of six books&mdash;the most recent, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/the-rise-of-blueanon-david-harsanyi?variant=41551839232034\">The The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists<\/a><\/b>. Follow him on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/\">@davidharsanyi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you observed that Tim Walz, the vice presidential candidate known for his frequent gaffes, often misstates facts, employs careless language, and frequently needs to &#8220;clarify&#8221; his remarks? In reality, Walz has a tendency to lie. However, the political media that previously showcased &#8220;lie counters&#8221; for Donald Trump now uses euphemisms to downplay Walz&#8217;s falsehoods. <\/p>\n<p>While exaggerating one&#8217;s political achievements or misrepresenting opponents is not uncommon in politics\u2014Walz isn&#8217;t the first to distort details about a drunk driving incident\u2014lying about military service is a serious offense that undermines honor and bravery. In the past, candidates who misled voters about their military history faced significant backlash; today it seems less consequential. Since being chosen as Kamala Harris&#8217;s running mate two weeks ago, Walz has avoided addressing legitimate inquiries regarding his misleading statements.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that Walz isn&#8217;t merely being &#8220;accused&#8221; of lying by Republicans; he has been caught on video doing so. He spent years allowing voters to believe he had bravely served in Iraq or Afghanistan when he was actually stationed in Italy and later chose politics over deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Dishonesty regarding military service is unethical and disgraceful. Additionally, fabricating stories about personal matters for political gain is troubling. Recently on MSNBC, Walz expressed gratitude for IVF while discussing his family: \u201cThank God for IVF. My wife and I have two beautiful children.\u201d In an April fundraising letter, he claimed they used IVF to start their family.<\/p>\n<p>This assertion wasn&#8217;t just casual talk; it plays into a significant narrative among Democrats who warn against supposed threats from Donald Trump regarding IVF\u2014a claim without any factual basis.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous articles have highlighted the challenges faced by the Walz family concerning fertility treatments. The Associated Press noted how he engaged audiences with stories of his daughter&#8217;s birth through IVF during events in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>In one emotional moment captured on video, Walz reminisced about their experience with fertility treatments: \u201cI remember it like it was yesterday,\u201d adding humorously that others might be crying instead of him.<\/p>\n<p>However, this behavior raises ethical concerns because the truth is that they did not use IVF but rather IUI (intrauterine insemination), which does not involve embryo destruction\u2014a significant distinction.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, just as he falsely claimed involvement with an AR-15 during &#8220;war,&#8221; which itself was misleading since such weapons aren&#8217;t used by American troops in combat zones\u2014Walz appears to weaponize personal narratives against those who oppose practices like IVF based on moral beliefs typically held by Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>There remains a slim possibility that Tim Walz genuinely didn&#8217;t know what procedure was utilized for conceiving his children; if that&#8217;s true then he&#8217;s unfit for office due to ignorance.<\/p>\n<p>How does the media respond? The New York Times suggests that Team Walz has \u201cclarified\u201d these statements while Axios headlines its piece with Gwen Walz providing insights into their fertility journey but clarifying they did not use IVF after all. CNN also reports Gwen revealing new information about her treatment differing from IVF.<\/p>\n<p>But what new information are they referring to? Tim Walz lied about using IVF and now must concede this fact; it&#8217;s not merely shedding light or clarifying\u2014it\u2019s acknowledging a straightforward lie\u2014a bizarre one at that.<\/p>\n<p>David Harsanyi serves as senior editor at The Federalist and writes nationally syndicated columns while authoring six books including *The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists*. Follow him on Twitter @davidharsanyi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2328392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim-Walz-probably-lying.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6733,21474,5698,5894,36113],"class_list":["post-2328391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-controversy","tag-deception","tag-minnesota","tag-politics","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim-Walz-probably-lying.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328391","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\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}