{"id":2348487,"date":"2024-10-02T06:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-moderators-memory-hole-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T06:20:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T10:20:34","slug":"cbs-moderators-memory-hole-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-moderators-memory-hole-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Moderators Memory Hole Tim Walz&#8217;s Stolen Valor Controversy"},"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%2Fcbs-moderators-memory-hole-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy%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=2348487&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>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utterly-breathtaking-yahoo-news-reporter-compares-covering-trump-to-fighting-d-day\/\" title=\"\u2018Utterly Breathtaking\u2019: Yahoo News Reporter Compares Covering Trump To Fighting D-Day\">recent article<\/a>,\u200c Shawn Fleetwood critiques\u2062 the conduct\u200b of CBS News debate\u2062 moderators during the 2024 vice-presidential \u200ddebate, specifically regarding \u2063Minnesota Governor\u200d Tim Walz&#8217;s controversial \u200dclaims about his military \u200bservice. According to\u200d Fleetwood, the moderators, Norah O&#8217;Donnell and Margaret Brennan, \u2063neglected to address numerous lies Walz has \u200cpurportedly\u2064 told to inflate his military record, \u2064including misrepresenting his \u2064rank \u200band falsely claiming combat \u200cdeployment.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b piece\u200b highlights several specific instances where Walz allegedly mischaracterized his \u2063military\u2062 experiences, such as\u200d incorrectly referring to \u2063himself as a \u2063retired \u2063command sergeant \u200bmajor despite not \u2062meeting the necessary requirements.\u2063 The article suggests that the debate presented \u200ba rare opportunity for Walz to be questioned on these issues, \u2062particularly since previous inquiries had led him to attribute his misleading statements to grammatical \u200berrors. 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Tim Walz&rsquo;s myriad lies about his military service to go unaddressed during Tuesday&rsquo;s 2024 vice-presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p>While finding time to ask dishonest questions about baby-killing and Jan. 6, neither Norah O&rsquo;Donnell nor Margaret Brennan bothered to ask Walz about how he regularly inflated his rank and lied about details surrounding his time in the Army National Guard to boost his political career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d6657cef92bbbacf807e72efbcaa697f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d6657cef92bbbacf807e72efbcaa697f\"><\/div>\n<p>For example, on <a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/governor\/about-gov\/timwalz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5127296\/2006-minnesota-democratic-candidate-tim-walz-military-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">occasions<\/a> the Minnesota Democrat <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\">portrayed<\/a> himself as a 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>. While it&rsquo;s true that Walz was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/08\/tim-walzs-lies-about-his-military-record-include-inflating-his-rank-and-ducking-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promoted<\/a>&nbsp;to command sergeant major during the waning years of his service, he did not complete the minimum number of years required to retain the rank when he abandoned his unit before it deployed to Iraq and is actually a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-checkers-rush-to-downplay-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy\/\" title=\"&#039;Fact-Checkers&#039; Rush To Downplay Walz&#039;s Stolen Valor Controversy\">lesser-ranked master sergeant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/30\/more-than-200-retired-admirals-and-generals-endorse-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Than 200 Retired Admirals And Generals Endorse Trump<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; running mate has also falsified the circumstances of his overseas deployment. Speaking about gun violence at a campaign event in 2018, Walz <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/XhL69#selection-1977.124-1977.232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, &ldquo;We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The problem? Walz never carried so-called &ldquo;weapons of war&rdquo; in a combat zone because he was never deployed to one. As The Federalist&rsquo;s Matt Kittle <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/30\/walz-says-he-lied-about-going-to-war-because-he-struggles-with-grammar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>, his Guard unit &ldquo;was called up early in the war in Iraq &mdash; to Italy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f2d1b1291c05d57ab67d4da04f3f802f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f2d1b1291c05d57ab67d4da04f3f802f\"><\/div>\n<p>If those weren&rsquo;t egregious enough, Walz also previously lied about <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/21\/tim-walz-reenlisted-after-9-11-is-the-latest-lie-about-his-military-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reenlisting<\/a> after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks against the United States and reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/09\/tim-walz-misrepresented-his-military-service-he-needs-to-answer-some-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> a book that falsely claimed he served in Afghanistan. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/13\/the-ignominy-of-master-sergeant-timothy-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ignominy Of Master Sergeant Timothy Walz<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night&rsquo;s debate offered a rare opportunity for Walz to be questioned on his stolen valor controversy. The only notable moment in which he&rsquo;s been pressed on the subject was during he and Harris&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/30\/walz-says-he-lied-about-going-to-war-because-he-struggles-with-grammar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sit-down interview<\/a> with CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash in August.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed by Bash on his &ldquo;weapons of war&rdquo; remark, Walz blamed his lie on bad grammar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-14e1d7cdad9b605216f99b2dc8a2fd09 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-14e1d7cdad9b605216f99b2dc8a2fd09\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, I said we were talking in this case, this was after a school shooting, the ideas of carrying these weapons of war,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And my wife, the English teacher, told me my grammar is not always correct.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbc977c5e833989f72609407434bd028 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbc977c5e833989f72609407434bd028\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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