One of the big questions in the Harris/Walz campaign has been how to address the stolen valor issue.
How do they respond? How big an issue will it be? Can they wordsmith their way out of it, or will Walz’s bid to become Vice President be holed below the waterline?
After more than a week of taking fire over the issue, Tim Walz has given his response to the charges, which amount to “I served honorably, so quit attacking my military service.”
It’s a straw man response–nobody is criticizing him for his service. Walz is being criticized for lying about it. He claimed to have a rank he didn’t earn, and claimed to serve in a war he didn’t–many, many times. He traded on fake valor in order to get ahead politically.
Walz is now playing the victim card, saying he is being attacked for his service.
No amount of mental gymnastics is going to change his stolen valor.
