posted August 08, 2024 04:23 PM            

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REPORT: Governor Tim Walz Stolen Valor scandal explained by Thomas Behrends, the man who was deployed to Iraq in place of Walz.

1. In early 2005, a warning order went out to the southern MN’s First Battalion-125th Field Artillery to mobilize for a mission to Iraq. Walz was the unit’s highest non-commissioned officer.

2. In May of 2005, Walz retired from the guard, avoided the deployment, and ran for Congress.

3. National Guard records show his service obligation wasn’t complete until September 2007.

4. Behrends was asked to take his place.

5. “I was like well, for Pete’s sake, if this guy quits, if I say I’m not going to do it, I mean, what the h*ll kind of leadership is that?”

6. “[Walz] said he’s a retired command sergeant major. Just tooting his own horn, hanging on the coattails of people that actually are command sergeant majors that went through all the process and put all the time in.”

7. Walz has claimed for years he retired as a command sergeant major, something that is refuted by the Minnesota National Guard.

8. Behrends: “It’s stolen valor is really what it is. I don’t know of anybody else that’s done what he’s done.”

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