Tim Walz is worried sick that Chris LaCivita won’t let him bury this ugly secret from his past

Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’ running mate.

Very few Americans have an informed opinion about the Minnesota Governor.

And Tim Walz is worried sick that Chris LaCivita won’t let him bury this ugly secret from his past.

Tim Walz military service scandal comes under scrutiny

Tim Walz loves to repeat the standard Democrat Party line about banning “weapons of war.”

Walz served in the Minnesota National Guard and his own rhetorical flourish to this talking point claiming no one should be allowed to own the same gun that he “carried in war.”

“I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt. I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can research the impacts of gun violence. We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, are only carried in war,” Walz claimed.

Gov. @Tim_Walz: I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt. I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can research the impacts of gun violence. We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war,… pic.twitter.com/3IVaXi2RP2

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 6, 2024

But Tim Walz never served in war.

And the men who did are furious with Walz’s lie.

Walz faces accusation of stolen valor

Tom Behrends succeeded Walz as the commander of Minnesota’s First Battalion-125th Field Artillery.

Behrends took over because Walz quit rather than deploy to Iraq.

“The public needs to know how pathetic his leadership was as a National Guardsman,” Behrends told Alpha News.

Behrends essentially called Walz a coward.

“He abandoned us. What the hell kind of leader does that? As soon as the shots were fired in Iraq, he turned and ran the other way and hung his hat up and quit,” Behrends declared.

And now, Walz is worried sick that top Trump advisor Chris LaCivita – who orchestrated the devastating “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” campaign against John Kerry in 2004 – won’t let him forget it.

The controversy began when Walz earned a conditional promotion to the rank of command sergeant major on April 1, 2005.

Earlier that year, the battalion received orders that it would deploy to Iraq.

Six weeks after receiving a promotion that made him the unit’s highest noncommissioned officer, Walz retired from the guard to run for Congress.

Behrends succeeded Walz as the unit’s commander, saying it would send a terrible message to the troops to refuse.

“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 hell kind of leadership is that?” Behrends stated. 

“If a company would say we’re going to deploy to Iraq and the foreman says, ‘I’m not going,’ what does that say to the 500 that work in that factory?” Behrends added.

But what really set Behrends off was when Walz ran for Governor and began sending out campaign literature falsely claiming to be a retired command sergeant major.

Behrends considered that a form of stolen valor, since not even the state of Minnesota considered Walz a retired command sergeant major due to Walz not completing the necessary training.

“He was saying that and there were campaign letters coming in the mail saying that. They said, right on there, 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,” Behrends continued.

Behrends also grew offended when Walz insulted National Guardsmen as a bunch of “19-year-old cooks.”

“I would take any 19-year-old cook before I’d go to war with him,” Behrends exclaimed.

Now that Walz is on a national ticket, these allegations of stolen valor are likely to get a wide hearing – and Chris LaCivita is very likely advising the Trump campaign not to let him bury this scandal.

JUST IN: Minnesota National Guard confirms Gov. Tim Walz did *not* retire as a command sergeant major like he has publicly claimed, says he was demoted.

Army Lt. Col. Kristen Augé made the statement to Just The News.

“[Walz] retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit… pic.twitter.com/KPpRW4K4Mo

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 7, 2024