Speaking to a crowd of veterans on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talked about his time in the National Guard and missing a year of his daughter’s life, then immediately followed that reference with a story about standing on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base and watching a ramp ceremony, and the emotional effect that had on him.
If listeners knew nothing else about Walz, they’d believe that he missed a year of his daughter’s life because he deployed for combat and saw some hard things. But, as we all know now, that’s not the case. He deployed to Italy in a support capacity and shamefully retired early, before his contract was up, when he knew that his unit was going to be sent to Iraq.
Here’s a clip of Walz’s 2021 speech with the relevant portion (full video at the bottom of the post):
🚨Tim Walz at 2021 Minnesota 9/11 anniversary speech:
“I had the privilege…
