GOP Lawmaker Blasts Tim Walz For Appearance With Anti-Israel Extremist

When Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the nation began to learn about some of the far-left positions he has endorsed throughout his career in public office.

For her part, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) took aim at Walz’s penchant for embracing antisemitic leaders, both figuratively and literally.

As the Daily Wire reported:

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik on Monday condemned Democratic vice-presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for rubbing shoulders with the founder of National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) during a 2019 event.

Walz was photographed with the anti-Semitic scholar and SJP founder Hatem Bazian during the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)’s March 2019 event on “Challenging Islamophobia” at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

“Tim Walz condones and props up anti-Semites like The Most Dangerous Professor in America Hatem Bazian,” Stefanik told The Daily Wire. “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz is the most radical anti-Semitic ticket in history.”

Walz reportedly opened the CAIR event, and used his remarks to announce the formation of an office to address Islamophobia in Minnesota.

Bazian is also the founder of the anti-Israel American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), which is under investigation in Virginia for suspicions it finances terrorist activity, according to the Free Beacon.

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Of course, this was not the first time the Harris-Walz ticket has been excoriated for espousing an anti-Israel bias.

Thoughts on the VP Pick by Harris. Ask your self this. Shapiro is a very popular governor in a crucial swing state. Walz is the governor of a solid democratic state. Why pick Walz when Shapiro could have given you Pennsylvania? Answer: Shapiro is a Jew and Harris is…

— Steven Eisman (@EismanSteven) August 6, 2024

Socialism, wokism, identity politics, antisemitism, bail bonds for criminals, abortion at all stages, gender ideology, secularism.

Character always matters, but for a politician, character is most clearly revealed through policies that affect others.

The Harris-Walz ticket is…

— Andrew T. Walker (@andrewtwalk) August 6, 2024

If you care about antisemitism and Israel, you cannot vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Walz thinks the Holocaust is just an ordinary event, not a unique one, by the way. He even wrote a thesis arguing that. pic.twitter.com/ln4uMOtyfu

— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) August 8, 2024

Walz is also facing criticism on several other fronts, including the apparent lies he has told about his own military service.

According to Fox News:

The battalion commander of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s former Minnesota Army National Guard unit issued a scathing message to Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate amid mounting “stolen valor” accusations, according to media reports.

“I do not regret that Tim Walz retired early from the Minnesota National Guard, did not complete the Sergeants Major Academy, broke his enlistment contract or did not successfully complete any assignment as a Sergeant Major. Unwittingly, he got out of the way for better leadership,” John Kolb wrote on Facebook, the Daily Mail reported.

Kolb served as a lieutenant colonel of the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery from 2005 to 2007, the Minnesota National Guard shows on its website. Walz served in the same battalion until 2005, when he retired ahead of the battalion deploying to Iraq that same year.

Kolb now works as an attorney in Minnesota. Fox News Digital contacted Kolb for confirmation on the Facebook post and additional comment on Walz’s military service but did not receive a reply prior to publication.

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Walz has come under mounting criticism for “stolen valor,” including veterans slamming him for saying he is a “retired Command Sergeant Major.” Walz had earned the rank of command sergeant major before his retirement, but his rank was reduced months after retiring to master sergeant, as he did not complete the required coursework with the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.

The “retired Command Sergeant Major” rank was promoted by the Harris campaign until last week, when it changed Walz’s biography to read that he “served as a command sergeant major.”

Walz retired from the Minnestoa Army National Guard in 2005 after 24 years of service. He then launched a successful congressional campaign and was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House representing Minnesota in 2007. 

Here’s what Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance had to say after Harris announced her pick:

"Many people said repeatedly reason Kamala Harris was going away from Josh Shapiro selection is because they were worried about anti-Semitism… They were worried about some of leaders of grassroots activists in their party wouldn't take a Jewish nominee"

– JD Vance on TIm Walz pic.twitter.com/4SiqNSY8nf

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) August 6, 2024