Harris Campaign Discreetly Edits Tim Walz’s Military Service On Campaign Website

The Harris campaign has discreetly edited the biography of Gov. Tim Walz on its official campaign website.

According to Politico, the campaign edited Walz’s biography regarding his military service.

In Walz’s biography, it originally stated he was a “retired Command Sergeant Major.”

However, after being exposed for stolen valor, it now says he “served as a command sergeant major” because he was demoted for not finishing the required classes.

The official Kamala Harris campaign website (https://t.co/Wdo01emODO) has edited the biography of Tim Walz after it was discovered his military rank claims were not accurate. pic.twitter.com/tAL8azVMzW

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Here’s what Fox News reported:

The Harris campaign has altered its biography of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on its campaign website, making a change to a reference to his military service amid ongoing scrutiny of the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee’s military credentials.

Walz’s biography initially said he was a “retired Command Sergeant Major.”

It has since been updated to say that he “served as a command sergeant major.”

Vice President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, setting off a series of attacks over his background as Minnesota’s governor, a lawmaker and a member of the National Guard for nearly 25 years.

Politico reports that the Harris Campaign has deleted the reference to Walz being a retired "Command Sergeant Major" from his campaign website bio.

THAT IS A CONCESSION the criticism is correct, and that it has done damage.

And that they did not know of this problem when he…

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Per Politico:

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign updated its online biography of running mate Tim Walz’s military service amid Republican efforts to question his record in the Army National Guard.

On its website, the Harris campaign axed a reference to Walz as a “retired command sergeant major” and now says that he once served at the command sergeant major rank — a small change that nonetheless reflects his true rank at retirement from the Army National Guard. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, served for 24 years in the National Guard before retiring in 2005 from the military to run for the U.S. House, where he became the most senior enlisted soldier to serve in Congress.

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Led by GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance, a Marine Corps veteran who deployed to Iraq, Republicans have suggested that Walz inflated his credentials by calling himself a “retired command sergeant major.” The Minnesota governor did serve as a command sergeant major but was reverted back to the rank of master sergeant when he left the military because he had not completed required coursework for the higher rank with the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.

The Harris campaign has changed Tim Walz’s bio on their website. pic.twitter.com/5Zae1qmgrZ

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