Republican vice presidential candidate, Senator JD Vance (R-OH), challenged CNN’s Dana Bash by asserting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) was aware of his impending deployment to Iraq. In a discussion with Bash on Sunday, Vance emphasized that Walz had been untruthful when he claimed ignorance regarding his unit’s deployment to Iraq at the moment he chose to retire.
“On the question of when he left the National Guard, he filed his election paperwork, February 10th, 2005,” Bash told him. “That was a month before the National Guard even announced that it was possible that they would deploy to Iraq and it ended up being two months — he retired two months before they actually got the paperwork.”
“But, on CNN last night, Dana, one of the people who was actually in charge of him said they knew they were going to deploy to Iraq in February of 2004, excuse me, fall of 2004,” Vance said. “So, he knew he was going to Iraq, he decided to quit, to retire, whatever word you want to use.”
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WATCH: @JDVance schools CNN’s Dana Bash as she tries to cover up the fact that her own network aired PROOF that Tim Walz abandoned his men.
“On CNN last night, one of the people who was actually in charge with him said they knew they were going to deploy to Iraq in Fall of 2004.… pic.twitter.com/f9901na3um
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) August 11, 2024
“Whatever, because he wanted to run for Congress,” Vance continued. “He lied about that. He said that when he decided to retire, he did not know he was going to Iraq. That is another untruth, as even his senior military officer said. So again, I’m not criticizing the service, I’m criticizing the dishonesty.”
Walz has encountered scrutiny due to reports indicating that he retired from the military prior to his unit’s deployment to Iraq, even though he was aware of the potential for his unit to be sent to Iraq.
