Heroic local sergeant who incapacitated would-be assassin Thomas Crooks at July 13 Trump rally identified

The Butler County SWAT officer who shot would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks at the July 13 Donald Trump rally in western Pennsylvania, effectively ending the attack, has been identified as the Butler County SWAT officer who shot and killed would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, effectively ending the attack. Identified. Aaron M. Zaliponi of the Adams […]
Tim Walz dances around controversy during DNC speech, mentions IVF; wife references ‘command sergeant major’ rank

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) formally accepted the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. The theme of the evening was “Fight for Freedom,” and Walz spoke, thanking Vice President Kamala Harris (Democrat) for inviting him to campaign and President Joe Biden (Democrat) for his leadership. “To accept the […]
Duckworth Falsely Claims Tim Walz Is a ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’

The claim: Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Sunday claimed that Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) is a “retired senior sergeant.” RULING: ERROR. Waltz is not a retired master sergeant. He was promoted to master sergeant but was demoted to sergeant one day prior to his retirement because he failed to meet the […]
Viral montage shows Tim Walz falsely being identified as retired ‘command sergeant major’ over a dozen times

A video featuring Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has gone viral, drawing attention to his decades-old false claim that he is a “retired master sergeant.” Since being named Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Waltz’s military record has come under intense media scrutiny. Waltz, who served in the Minnesota National Guard for 24 years, […]
He Is Not a Retired Command Sergeant Marjor

In an exclusive interview with SiriusXM, retired Army Sergeant Major Tom Behrens sharply criticized Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) for claiming to be a retired Army Sergeant Major. Breitbart News Daily on monday. “He’s not,” Berens told host Mike Slater. “He didn’t finish school. [when] He was selected for the E-9 position […]
Wikipedia Falsely Labels Tim Walz ‘Command Sergeant Major’

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s military rank is incorrectly listed as “master sergeant,” but multiple reports say he did not hold that title when he retired from the National Guard. Social media users began sharing screenshots of Wikipedia, pointing out that the site listed him as a “master sergeant,” but as of this writing, it had […]
Tim Walz Falsely Calls Himself ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’ in Ad

In a 2006 radio ad, Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz falsely identified himself as a “retired Army sergeant major” during his first run for Congress. In the ad, unearthed on Aug. 2, before Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate, Tim Walz calls himself a sergeant major and then talks about how his time […]
‘He Did It To Himself’: Retired Command Sergeant Major Slams Tim Walz For Misleading On Military Service

Minnesota National Guard Sergeant Major Thomas Behrens, a retired Army commander in chief, blasted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, for misleading voters about his military service on “Fox & Friends Weekend” Saturday. Claims about Waltz’s military experience and when he retired in 2005 have come under fire since Vice President […]
CNN Interviews Walz’s Former National Guard Command Sergeant Major Over Service Disputes

Former Minnesota National Guard Command Sergeant Major Doug Julin told CNN’s “Laura Coates Live” on Thursday that Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) has not formally discharged himself from the National Guard. COATES: First Sergeant, thank you so much for joining us this evening. I think everyone is really noticing the nuances of this issue. So I […]
Walz Retired as ‘Master Sergeant’; False Claims Continued

of The Wall Street Journal In 2006, the paper accurately reported that then-Congressional candidate Tim Walz had retired from the Army National Guard as a sergeant major (E-8), but Walz continued to claim that he had retired as a first sergeant (E-9). As Breitbart News points out, Waltz served as a master sergeant for a […]