2024-08-06 21:34:09
Governor Walz was never deployed to a war zone, and thus did not “carry (a weapon) in war” as he claims His unit deployed to Italy in 2003, with training exercises in Norway. In 2005, his unit deployed to Iraq, but he retired before the unit left [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(59-1-15) Author
2024-08-06 21:55:38
It is factually correct to refer to guns as weapons of war. A person does not to be in a war in order to be holding a gun. Guns are regularly carried outside of the context of a war. The proposed Community Note misses the key points of Walz’s statements. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-38) Author
2024-08-07 01:23:50
Gov Walz says "that I carried in war." He demonstrably has never been to war. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(13-3-11) Author
2024-08-07 09:54:21
Tim Walz never carried any weapon to war, as he never deployed to any. In his own words: "I re-enlisted to serve our country for an additional four years following Sept. 11 and retired the year before my battalion was deployed to Iraq in order to run for Congress." [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(39-3-8) Author
2024-08-07 10:50:43
In his long service, Walz also supported the European Security Force in Italy during the war against Afghanistan. He carried weapons of war. He did not claim to have been in a combat zone nor is that in any way relevant to his position on weapons of war. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-0-20) Author
2024-08-07 13:36:07
Al-Qaeda carried out operations globally in the early years of GWOT, his deployment to Italy to defend an air base was specifically to defend against Al-Qaeda. He carried a weapon in war. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-1-24) Author
2024-08-07 16:54:30
Gov. Walz did not carry weapons in war, as he was never “in war.” In 2003, he served in Italy with European Security Force and in Norway for joint training, according to USA Today. Walz also told MPR he never saw active combat, according to USA Today. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(37-0-4) Author
2024-08-08 12:47:19
Tim Walz claim that “that I carried in war” is demonstrably false. His own service record shows he never deployed to a combat zone. In fact Gov Walz quit on his unit prior to deployment. This makes what Walz said a gross misrepresentation of his record: Members of his unit: [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-3) Author
2024-08-08 14:12:52
Kamala HQ misquoted Tim Walz. "And we can make sure that those weapons of war that I carried; in war is the only place those weapons are at" Punctuation matters. Link includes screen shot of the video with captioning turned on. 28 seconds into video on this post. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-3) Author
2024-08-08 22:34:43
Tim Walz never said the word "zone." When you are stationed overseas during the war, you are considered a war veteran, whether you were in combat or not. Based on the military's own definition, it is factually correct to say he carried weapons in war. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-0) Author