{"id":547406,"date":"2021-05-31T19:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T23:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=547406"},"modified":"2021-05-31T19:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T23:50:36","slug":"rep-waltz-to-newsmax-vets-willing-to-die-for-the-flag-make-better-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-waltz-to-newsmax-vets-willing-to-die-for-the-flag-make-better-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Waltz to Newsmax: Vets Willing to Die for the Flag Make Better Politicians"},"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\">28<\/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%2Frep-waltz-to-newsmax-vets-willing-to-die-for-the-flag-make-better-politicians%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=547406&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-661.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Those congressmen and women who have served in the military prior to government service, make, in essence, better politicians, Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., told\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmaxtv.com\/Shows\/Spicer-and-Co\">&#8220;Spicer &#038; Co.&#8221;<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsmaxtv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsmax.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the 1970s, 75% of the Congress were veterans. today it&#8217;s at 18%, now 82% of the Congress from which Vice President Harris came from as a senator, haven&#8217;t served- and you know, I got to tell you-when you&#8217;re willing to die for that flag at a very early age, then you\u2019re often willing on both sides of the aisle to come together, make the tough choices, the tough compromises and make the tough votes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The decorated Green Beret National Guard Colonel went on to discuss his opinion about what Memorial Day means to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know it&#8217;s very personal for me. I was at a number of ceremonies today across the state of Florida and northeast Florida, one of which was with one of the very first Green Berets, 1961 African American Sergeant Melvin Morris, who\u00a0received the Medal of Honor for his actions, to spend time with him to talk about the Green Berets that he lost in Vietnam, the ones that that I was not able to bring home from Afghanistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>I lost a lot of friends who gave their lives for this country, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSergeant First Class Brian Woods, Staff Sergeant Pacino, you know these are real people. These are people that aren&#8217;t able to spend today with their families, so honoring them \u2014 honoring the ones that we&#8217;re still losing right now to suicide every day and honoring those Gold Star families who are without their loved ones is what today&#8217;s all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Pentagon director of Afghan Policy\u00a0continued, \u201cin my charge to all of the groups that I spoke to today was twofold. One, keep serving. Find ways to keep serving your community, your country, your neighbor, and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m pushing us to get back to national service. I think that will change America by far for the better, and two is to be worthy. You know, I wear one of these bracelets. Every day for one of the Green Berets that I lost. I look in the mirror every day before I go into the Capitol and tell myself, \u2018be worthy of their sacrifice of those that didn&#8217;t make it home, and those that are still out there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waltz concluded, \u201ctoday is a very sad and solemn day for those of us who didn&#8217;t bring our comrades back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmaxtv.com\/\"><span>Newsmax TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0now carried in more than 100 million U.S. homes, on\u00a0<strong>DirecTV<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 349,\u00a0<strong>Dish Network\u00a0<\/strong>Ch. 216,\u00a0<strong>Xfinity<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 1115,\u00a0<strong>Spectrum, U-verse<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 1220,\u00a0<strong>FiOS<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 615,\u00a0<strong>Frontier<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 115,\u00a0<strong>Optimum<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 102,\u00a0<strong>Cox cable, Suddenlink<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 102,\u00a0<strong>Mediacom<\/strong>\u00a0Ch. 277,\u00a0<strong>AT&#038;T TV<\/strong>\u00a0Ch 349,\u00a0 <strong>FUBO<\/strong> and major OTT platforms like\u00a0<strong>Roku<\/strong>, YouTube, Xumo, Pluto and most smart TV\u2019s including\u00a0<strong>Samsung+<\/strong>, Sony, LG, Vizio and more \u2013\u00a0<strong>Find All Systems that Carry Newsmax \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmaxtv.com\/findus\"><span>Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those congressmen and women who have served in the military prior to government service, make, in essence, better politicians, Rep. 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