Vance was a combat correspondent, yes. We’ll see how much he tries to press this issue, he has previously stated [1] he was lucky to escape any major fighting, but he was definitely in Iraq.
I don’t think Walz has ever claimed to have seen active combat, so the stolen valor accusation falls a little flat - not that that’s going to stop republicans.
Vance was a combat correspondent, yes. We’ll see how much he tries to press this issue, he has previously stated [1] he was lucky to escape any major fighting, but he was definitely in Iraq.
I don’t think Walz has ever claimed to have seen active combat, so the stolen valor accusation falls a little flat - not that that’s going to stop republicans.
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I give it a week before Republicans start building conspiracy theories about Walz’s time in China and facilitating student trips to China.
Don’t forget he speaks a little Mandarin.
The Mandarin-ion Candidate!
Ask a Marine, still a pog.