Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) made a major gaffe while talking about the military history of Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance, forcing CNN host Jim Acosta to correct her on air.
Discussing the criticism the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, has received for resigning from the National Guard just before troops were scheduled to deploy to fight in Iraq, Smith argued that Vance never served in the military.
“Now, we have Tim Waltz here, he enlisted at 17 and served in the National Guard for 24 years. And I don’t know that J.D. Vance ever served. So let’s compare,” Smith said.
“Well, he was a Marine,” Acosta interjected.
“I think that’s embarrassing.”
“Okay, excuse me,” Smith replied.
Vance not only served in the Marines, but also deployed to Iraq.
Waltz is Harsh criticism He was criticized by members of the National Guard and the military community at large, as if he had abandoned his troops just before they were about to embark on a critical mission.
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“You know what really bothers me about Tim Walz? When the Marines asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did. When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, he quit the Army and let his unit go without him. I find that disgraceful,” Vance said of the issue.
There was a lot of criticism of Waltz’s military record. panel In an interview with CNN, he reported that this could be a 2024 version of John Kerry’s “Swiftboating.”
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