Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who was handed over by Kamala Harris in favor of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) for her vice presidential decide, attacked Trump vice presidential working mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) Wednesday night time for criticizing Walz over critical points concerning his navy service.
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Kelly, a retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut, demanded Vance present respect to Walz whereas repeating the false “suckers and losers” smear of President Trump. Kelly didn’t clarify or defend any of the discrepancies by Walz in his portrayals of his navy service.
Kelly: “Hey @JDVance, did you neglect what the USMC taught you about respect? Tim Walz spent DECADES in uniform. You each should be thanked to your service. Don’t change into Donald Trump. He calls veterans suckers and losers and that’s beneath these of us who’ve really served.”
Hey @JDVance, did you neglect what the USMC taught you about respect? Tim Walz spent DECADES in uniform.
You each should be thanked to your service. Don’t change into Donald Trump. He calls veterans suckers and losers and that’s beneath these of us who’ve really served. pic.twitter.com/2GYCTaFAcI
— Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) August 8, 2024
Vance served 4 years within the Marine Corps (2003-2007), having enlisted after the September 11, 2001 terror assault, and served in Iraq for six months in 2005 as a fight correspondent. Whereas Vance didn’t see fight, all of Iraq was a battle zone with everybody liable to assault at anytime. Vance says like all Marines he was a rifleman and he carried a weapon with him in Iraq.
Walz served twenty-four years within the Nationwide Guard (1981-2005). Walz by no means served in a fight zone, serving largely stateside with one six-month deployment to Italy in 2003. Walz’s points revolve round his leaving the Guard in 2005 to run for Congress, with claims he deserted his unit after it obtained orders to deploy to Iraq; that Walz falsely claimed retirement on the rank of command sergeant main; and that he repeatedly falsely stated he carried weapons in battle and served in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).
Mark Kelly’s an identical twin brother Scott, who can be a retired Navy captain and astronaut, went after Vance virtually two hours earlier than Mark did:
“You recognize what actually bothers me @JDVance, is whenever you assault a fellow veterans navy service. I respect your service and the service of
@GovTimWalz and all of these honorably discharged. He was eligible for retirement after 24 years and submitted his retirement paperwork earlier than his unit obtained orders (and even warning orders) to deploy after which he continued his service as a member of congress. In the event that they wanted him to remain in his unit there’s a mechanism referred to as, “stop-loss.” Look it up. As a corporal with 4yrs of service, I extremely doubt the USMC, “requested,” you to go to Iraq. They most probably, “ordered” you to go to Iraq and had you refused, you’d have been thrown within the brig. Launch your navy report to show the USMC, “requested” you to go. “Elevate your hand if you wish to go to Iraq.” It’s laughable to these of us who’ve served. Should you win, you might be subsequent in line to be Commander in Chief and must earn the respect of all who serve, and this isn’t the way you do it.”
You recognize what actually bothers me @JDVance, is whenever you assault a fellow veterans navy service. I respect your service and the service of @GovTimWalz and all of these honorably discharged. He was eligible for retirement after 24 years and submitted his retirement paperwork… https://t.co/F0PS3wQbGY
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) August 7, 2024
The Harris-Walz marketing campaign has not addressed Walz’s navy service discrepancies, NBC reporter Yamiche Alcindor noticed in a report Wednesday:
NBC: The Harris-Walz marketing campaign is “not partaking immediately on whether or not or not [Walz] was falsifying his navy report.”
“It’s totally attention-grabbing.” pic.twitter.com/Ve751lE99d
— RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) August 7, 2024
Earlier Wednesday, Walz and Harris ignored a reporter’s query about Walz’s service report:
REPORTER: Your response to allegation of stolen valor?
WALZ: *ignores*
REPORTER: Your response to allegation of stolen valor!?
WALZ: *runs away* pic.twitter.com/el3sPGDYuM
— RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) August 7, 2024
Vance’s feedback on Walz at a marketing campaign cease in Michigan on Tuesday that triggered Kelly:
“When have been you ever in battle? What was this weapon you carried into battle given you deserted your unit proper earlier than they went to Iraq? He has not spent a day in a fight zone. What bothers me about Tim Walz is that this stolen valor rubbish…Lied about his navy service”
– JD Vance pic.twitter.com/9yDTAPuxkQ
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) August 7, 2024