Republicans are attacking Walz's military record. Here's the truth. When Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday introduced her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, she lauded his lengthy service in the National Guard: "He is a veteran who served our nation in uniform for more than two decades as a member of the Army National Guard." Walz played up his service too: "For 24 years, I proudly wore the uniform of this nation. The National Guard gave me purpose." Since that moment, Walz's record has been under attack by Republicans, with claims that he abandoned his troops on the eve of a deployment to Iraq and that, in an instance of "stolen valor," inflated his credentials and wartime experience. We provided an assessment of the accuracy of four claims: - He quit the Guard to avoid a deployment to Iraq
- He claims a military rank he did not earn
- He falsely says he served in Afghanistan
- He claimed to have carried weapons of war in war
Our findings are nuanced and detailed. Generally, he has been precise, but in some cases, sloppy phrasing might have led to misunderstandings. To read the full report, please click this link. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here. Did you hear something fact-checkable? Send it here; we'll check it out. Trump's fusillade of falsehoods on debt and taxes Former president Donald Trump has long misled his audiences about the national debt. He frequently — and wrongly — asserts that tax cuts will generate more revenue and suggests he has an easy plan to begin paying down the debt. The national debt soared during his presidency, in part because of the pandemic, and as president he often flinched at making tough choices to rein in spending. Last week, in the space of two minutes with one of his favorite interviewers, Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Network, Trump ran through a list of his incoherent claims. His assertions were prompted by a serious question posed by Bartiromo concerning Trump's desire to eliminate all taxes paid by seniors on Social Security. Among the false claims we examined: - He could easily replace the revenue lost from eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits by eliminating "waste."
- He was ready to pay down the national debt before the pandemic.
- He passed the largest tax cut in U.S. history.
- The 2017 tax cuts increased tax revenue.
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