
COLUMBUS, Oh. Vance’s campaign hit back at CNN on Sunday after a tense exchange the GOP vice president had with anchor Dana Bash over rival Tim Walz’s military record — accusing the reporter of ignoring her network’s reporting.
During the interview that aired Sunday morning, Bash defended Kamala Harris’ candidacy, pointing out that Walz submitted his retirement papers a month before the National Guard publicly announced plans to deploy to Iraq.
Walz, 60, is accused of withdrawing from a command role in his National Guard unit in 2005 to avoid deployment to active war zones in Iraq.
WATCH: @JDVance schools CNN’s Dana Bash while trying to cover up the fact that her network aired EVIDENCE that Tim Walz abandoned his people.
On CNN last night, one of the people who was actually in charge of it said they knew they were going to be deployed to Iraq in the fall of 2004. pic.twitter.com/f9901na3um
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) August 11, 2024
Vance, 39, was quick to hit back — pointing to CNN’s own reporting.
But on CNN last night, Dana, one of the people who was actually in charge with him said they knew they were going to be deployed to Iraq in the fall of 2004. So he knew he was going to Iraq and he decided to leave. The Ohio lawmaker responded.
Vance’s campaign has now accused CNN of trying to obscure the facts in favor of Walz.
CNN’s ignoring of its scoop from the night before shows just how far the mainstream media is willing to go to cover Kamala and the Democrats, Team Vance National Press Secretary Taylor Van Kirk told The Post Sunday .
But voters aren’t stupid, and they’re sick and tired of the mainstream media lying to them.
On Saturday night, CNN aired an interview with retired National Guard Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin — who was Walz’s superior and is a longtime critic of the Minnesota governor — alleged that Walz knew about his planned deployment to Iraq before he applied for his honorable discharge.
BOMBSHELL: Tim Walz’s superior in the National Guard tells CNN that Walz knew he was going to be deployed to Iraq six months before he decided to pull out. He also says that Walz promised to settle down and went back on his word and abandoned his men.pic.twitter.com/6Vpw9KQ0Vl
– Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 10, 2024
People don’t really understand the sequence of events here, Julin claimed. In 2005 we were informed that we were going to Iraq. Prepare your team. Gather your people together.
Julin described a February 2005 meeting, including National Guard commanding officers, at which Walz was present, where those plans were further discussed.
Julin then claimed that Walz informed him of his plans to run for Congress shortly after that meeting and with full knowledge of the plans to fight.
Walz filed paperwork saying he was exploring a run for Congress on February 5, 2005.
Me at age 58, fighting alongside my son, not being Tim Walz….
I was a 45 year old grandfather when he and I got together. …. pic.twitter.com/kPk8rgLrAk
— Tim Hollingsworth (@soldiertim1961) August 7, 2024
Shortly after the CNN interview, the headline Not Being Tim Walz started trending on X, where current and retired service members post photos of themselves in combat zones while on active duty.
«One of my brothers and I, soiled by war and not being Tim Walz,» wrote Florida Rep. Brian Mast.
Retired US Army veteran Tim Hollingsworth added that at age 58, [I was] fighting alongside my son, not being Tim Walz. I was a 45 year old grandfather when he and I got together.
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