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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has solely made “one mistake” together with his navy document, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argued Sunday.
CNN’s “State of the Union” co-host Dana Bash requested Buttigieg to touch upon Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s ongoing assaults on Walz, alleging that Walz had lied about particulars of his navy service for political acquire.
Buttigieg rejected Vance’s claims, saying they proved Walz’s impeccable document.
“The truth that they’ve to return and discover a clip from 2018 to seek out the one time the place he made a mistake when he was speaking concerning the weapons of warfare that he was carrying and as an alternative mentioned one thing about carrying weapons in warfare, it’s form of the exception that proves the rule when it comes to how arduous you must look to seek out him saying one thing that’s not exactly and precisely,” Buttigieg mentioned.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attacked JD Vance for his criticism of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. (CNN screenshot)
Within the clip Buttigieg referenced, Walz mentioned gun management and referenced his personal navy background.
“We are able to guarantee that the weapons I carried throughout the warfare are the one place these weapons are,” Walz mentioned within the clip posted to X by Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign.
A spokesperson for Harris later admitted in an announcement that Walz had “misspoke” within the clip, as he has by no means deployed to a warfare zone.
“When he argued why weapons of warfare ought to by no means be on our streets or in our lecture rooms, the governor misrepresented himself. He did wield weapons of warfare and believes strongly that solely navy personnel skilled to hold these lethal weapons ought to have entry to them, not like Donald Trump and JD Vance who put the gun foyer forward of our youngsters,” the spokesperson added.
The Washington Submit’s fact-checker on Saturday known as Walz’s declare “sloppy and incorrect.”
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Buttigieg claimed Walz made just one mistake concerning his navy document. (Picture by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP by way of Getty Photographs | )
The section made no point out of different allegations towards Walz, such because the biography on Harris’ marketing campaign web site by which he claimed he was a “retired Command Sergeant Main.”
Nationwide Guard officers have mentioned Walz retired earlier than finishing the necessities for the place, which included coursework on the U.S. Military Sergeants Main Academy. Although he rose to the rank of command sergeant main, he was later demoted to grasp sergeant.
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Walz’s biography has been up to date to state that he “served as a command sergeant main.”
Fox Information’ Adam Shaw and Louis Casinoo contributed to this report.
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