The presidential campaign of Donald Trump is focusing on discussing the withdrawal of the National Guard from Tim Walz’s two decades ago.
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Walz is the current governor of Minnesota and a candidate for vice president on the Democratic ticket alongside Kamala Harris, who is Joe Biden's running mate in the presidential elections.
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Tim Walz and his military career
Walz ended his 24-year military career to run for public office in 2005, just before the unit he led was deployed to Iraq.
“When his country asked Tim Walz to go to Iraq, do you know what he did? He abandoned the army and allowed his unit to go without him, an act for which he has been aggressively criticized by many of the people he served with,” said JD Vance, Trump’s running mate and a veteran of the Marine Corps who served in Iraq but as a war correspondent, not in combat.
"I think it's shameful to prepare your unit to go to Iraq, make a promise that you will fulfill it, and then abandon it just before you really have to go," Vance added.
Kamala Harris uses her partner's military background
In presenting Walz, who is 60 years old, Harris' campaign is emphasizing his military background:
"After 24 years of military service, Governor Walz retired in 2005 and ran for Congress, where he chaired Veterans Affairs and was a tireless advocate for our men and women in uniform, and as vice president he will continue to be a tireless advocate for our veterans and military families," said Harris campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt in a statement.
Donald Trump and his alleged problem to go to Vietnam
The former president would have avoided going to the Vietnam War in 1968 thanks to a questionable report from a podiatrist friend of his family.
According to the testimony, he was diagnosed with heel spurs, a foot condition that made him ineligible to serve in the military and participate in the war conflict.
In the case of J.D. Vance, in 2005 he was in Iraq, but as a war correspondent, not in combat.