JD Vance: Closest Tim Walz Has Ever Come to Combat Is When He Let Minneapolis Burn
JD Vance mocked Tim Walz for lying about his military service, saying the closest he came to combat was when he let Minneapolis burn.
JD Vance mocked Tim Walz for lying about his military service, saying the closest he came to combat was when he let Minneapolis burn.
Tim Walz was introduced at the DNC as “command sergeant major” despite losing that rank before retiring from the Minnesota National Guard.
The former chaplain of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) National Guard unit described him as “cowardly” for retiring and leaving his unit right before a possible deployment.
A man who served with Tim Walz says Walz was aware his unit would deploy to Iraq before retiring in 2005 despite some claiming he had no idea.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Wednesday that Democrat Vice Presidential Nominee Tim Walz, who is accused of Stolen Valor, “let his troops go to war” in Iraq “without him.”
Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis chanted “F**k the National Guard” after taking to the streets. Their march immediately followed the conviction by a Minnesota jury of former police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd nearly one year ago.
The Minnesota National Guard said some of its members came under fire in northern Minneapolis on Sunday morning.
Reporters loudly objected to the use of the word “riot” by a Minnesota police chief after his officers were assaulted and injured by bricks, rocks, and frozen soda cans, he explained. The chief defended the term by describing the incidents encountered by officers at the station Sunday night.
The governor of Minnesota activated the state’s National Guard following the dismissal of one of three charges filed against a former police officer in the death of George Floyd. The judge dismissed a 3rd-degree murder charge while leaving the 2nd-degree murder and 2nd-degree manslaughter charges in place.
The Minnesota National Guard has been helping out communities impacted by the riots following George Floyd’s death last week in Minneapolis.
Members of an Army Immediate Response Force part of the 82nd Airborne Division have been told to be ready to respond to riots.
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — All three Minnesota National Guard soldiers were killed when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding in crashed Thursday in central Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz confirmed. The identities of the soldiers were not released, pending notification of family.