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[[Kamala Harris]] picked Tim Walz as her running mate for the [[2024 US presidential election]] on August 6 that year. At the time, he was facing an accusation of "stolen valor", as when he was running for governor in 2018, Walz embellished and selectively omitted facts about his military service; for example, his official bio claimed that Walz "retired as a sergeant major in 2005", whereas Walz actually failed to meet the conditions of his promotion to this rank, rendering it null and void.<ref>Ashe Schow, [https://www.dailywire.com/news/walz-embellished-and-selectively-omitted-facts-about-his-military-career-retired-national-guardsmen?topStoryPosition=4 Walz ‘Embellished And Selectively Omitted Facts’ About His Military Career: Retired National Guardsmen], ''Daily Wire'', August 6, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/06/kamala-harriss-vice-president-pick-gov-tim-walz-facing-stolen-valor-accusation/ Kamala Harris’s Vice President Pick Gov. Tim Walz Facing Stolen Valor Accusation]</ref>

[[Kamala Harris]] picked Tim Walz as her running mate for the [[2024 US presidential election]] on August 6 that year. At the time, he was facing an accusation of "stolen valor", as when he was running for governor in 2018, Walz embellished and selectively omitted facts about his military service; for example, his official bio claimed that Walz "retired as a sergeant major in 2005", whereas Walz actually failed to meet the conditions of his promotion to this rank, rendering it null and void.<ref>Ashe Schow, [https://www.dailywire.com/news/walz-embellished-and-selectively-omitted-facts-about-his-military-career-retired-national-guardsmen?topStoryPosition=4 Walz ‘Embellished And Selectively Omitted Facts’ About His Military Career: Retired National Guardsmen], ''Daily Wire'', August 6, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/06/kamala-harriss-vice-president-pick-gov-tim-walz-facing-stolen-valor-accusation/ Kamala Harris’s Vice President Pick Gov. Tim Walz Facing Stolen Valor Accusation]</ref>

Walz reportedly<ref>[https://x.com/nataliegwinters/status/1820868640805396769 Natalie G Winters/ X / Citizen's Free Press] Aug 6, 2024</ref> headlined a Chinese Communist Party influence group's 2019 national convention.

Walz, reportedly<ref>[https://x.com/nataliegwinters/status/1820868640805396769 Natalie G Winters/ X / Citizen's Free Press] Aug 6, 2024</ref> headlined a Chinese Communist Party influence group's 2019 national convention.

As [[Nancy Pelosi]] attempted to play down Walz's extreme liberal record,<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13714949/Nancy-Pelosi-bizarre-statement-Kamala-Harris-VP-pick-Tim-Walz.html Nancy Pelosi makes bizarre statement about Kamala Harris' VP pick Tim Walz in attack on members of her own party], ''Daily Mail'', Aug 6, 2024</ref>

As [[Nancy Pelosi]] attempted to play down Walz's extreme liberal record,<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13714949/Nancy-Pelosi-bizarre-statement-Kamala-Harris-VP-pick-Tim-Walz.html Nancy Pelosi makes bizarre statement about Kamala Harris' VP pick Tim Walz in attack on members of her own party], ''Daily Mail'', Aug 6, 2024</ref>