After winning the House Speaker gavel in 2007, Nancy Pelosi held a press conference with a group of freshman Democrats, one of whom she described as a retired “command sergeant major” in the National Guard who had served his country “on the battlefield.” “He will speak for himself, but I want him to know how
Incident adds to pattern of deceptiveness around Walz’s military service Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted misleading descriptions of his military service during his 2006 congressional run, according to a media kit he distributed at the time obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Media kits, or press packets, are
Brown said he ‘often’ skips conventions, but he’s only missed one DNC since 1984 Sherrod Brown (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) will not make it to this year’s Democratic National Convention, a decision he says should not be interpreted as anything out of the ordinary. “I often skip conventions,” Brown told CNN
Walz said he had a ‘responsibility’ to ‘serve if called on’—but quickly left the force when Iraq deployment loomed (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz knew his National Guard battalion was being eyed for a likely deployment to Iraq when he decided to retire, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Walz said
Walz launched his first congressional campaign as ‘a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom’ Tim Walz at Minnesota National Guard 151st Artillery’s E Battery final ceremony (Wikimedia Commons) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has described himself as “a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom,” the official name of the U.S. government’s war in Afghanistan following the
Hatem Bazian has for years defended anti-Israel terrorism Tim Walz at CAIR convention (Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan Flickr) Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz spoke at an event for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2019, where he rubbed shoulders with an anti-Semitic scholar behind much of the Hamas
The Michigan congresswoman will face off against Rep. Mike Rogers in November Elissa Slotkin (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.) won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, after a primary in which she skirted controversies involving President Joe Biden’s age, the Israel-Hamas war, campus anti-Semitism, and electric vehicle policies. Slotkin received