>“These guys are even attacking me for my record of service, and I just want to say, I’m proud to have served my country, and I always will be,” Walz said. “With my dad’s encouragement, a guy who served in the Army during the Korean War, I signed up for the Army National Guard two days after my seventeenth birthday. I served for the next 24 years for the same reason all my brothers and sisters in uniform do: We love this country.”
JD Vance is despicable but he looks fantastic in a dress. Absolute case of stolen glamour.
CaptNemo131 on
I’m so burnt out on this story. It strikes me as AckChuAlly-ism from Vance on the specifics of Walz’s record, while ignoring that he served a quarter century for his country.
Billionaires_R_Tasty on
>“I’m gonna say it again as clearly as I can, I am damn proud of my service to this country,” Walz added. “And I firmly believe you should never denigrate another person’s service record. To anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, I just have a few simple words: Thank you for your service and sacrifice.”
Oh, they’re so screwed. He’s got that beloved teacher / coach that doesn’t tolerate fools energy and every time he speaks he makes their attacks look small and weak. They attack a 24 year veteran who (checks notes) retired honorably to continue serving his country in Congress and he responds with “thank you for your service and sacrifice.”
Like a master class in how to make your opponent look like a cretin. He’s a damned smiling assassin.
rwjehs on
Walz didn’t even “flame” him.
He said “I firmly believe you should never denigrate another person’s service record. Anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, I just have a few simple words. Thank you for your service and sacrifice”
AJ_Grey on
My hard right coworkers are absolutely doubling down on this narrative. It’s the big topic at the VFW they tell me. The reality is – the people that are outraged by this were never going to vote for Harris/Walz in the first place. Never.
And then at the end, Walz thanked Vance for his service.
Thatoneepisodeofveep on
Sincere question: I love this guy, but what’s the deal with the e-9 vs e-8 rank debate. Like did he obtain that rank or didn’t he?
Freshstocx on
Jd Vance is a fucking loser weirdo.
raistlin65 on
So after 24 years in the Army National Guard, Walz decided to instead serve his country by running for Congress.
That’s really the only statement that anybody needs to know.
And more than anybody deserves. If you honorably served in the US military, your reasons for not reenlisting or for retiring are your own. And nobody’s damn business.
But hey. Vance opened the door, and he should explain why he abandoned his unit in 2007, instead of reenlisting. Because the Iraq War went on until 2011.
stonedhillbillyXX on
Please debate… please. It’ll be a thing of beauty.
I don’t want his Dad brand ruined, but I’d love to see Command Sergeant Major completely dress down the Corporal.
This E3 (fuck you I’m out) would take joy
LavishnessTrick3075 on
JD Vance is the chameleon, he’s a despicable human being who as Tim Walz put it, doesn’t even know himself. He’s the ultimate chameleon, he’s gross 🤮
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Icy_1 on
There is a term for the couch-fucking bedbug; blue falcon.
RDO_Desmond on
I really like Walz. He is multi talented and an excellent choice by Harris.
Ovaltineyum on
It amuses me that it seems like literally the only thing they can dig up on Walz is a bureaucratic semantic.
I’m depressed because for some reason it seems to be working with a decent number of people.
stoplizardtrump2 on
“When I get that feeling, I need sectional healing”- JD Vance
grilled_cheese_gang on
> Walz asked as the crowd booed. “He knows this. [Trump] couldn’t run that damn McFlurry machine if it cost him anything.”
OK, I’m not one to defend Trump in any other scenario… but it sure doesn’t seem like anyone else working at McDonalds can keep their ice cream machines running either.
davechri on
Well I certainly appreciate JD Vance’s service.
Especially his 6 months in Baghdad.
As a correspondent.
In an air conditioned office.
MaguroSushiPlease on
Walz is the Bernie Sanders that we needed.
bsep4 on
I remember when my buddy was gloating about JD as the VP pick, just thinking it was a homerun. He’s been quiet about it lately lol.
R67H on
The “Thank you for your service” by Walz is the greatest “Bless your little heart” I’ve seen in response to that Blue Falcon Vance
Simonic on
It is always beyond me that much of the military leans to the right. When it is constantly the right that is throwing them in the dumpster.
I’m a 20+ year veteran. And like Walz – I won’t attack another service member’s service.
Outrageous-Book9799 on
Guy got to the highest rank you can get as an enlisted man after almost a quarter of a century of service… All of the armed forces know that. JD Vance was a journalist… That cosplayed. Biden’s administration is sticking it to Russia and parking aircraft carriers off of Iran… Trump give secrets to foreign countries and f***** up Afghanistan. What do you think is going to happen?
tapf111 on
That’s not even what stolen valor means even if Vance’s lies were true.
RoutineComplaint4302 on
> To anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, I just have a few simple words: Thank you for your service and sacrifice.”
Absolute class act, right there.
boeingman737 on
At retirement age he wasn’t going to the field anyways. He moved on to congress and his position in the military was given to the next person in the line of people waiting for a promotion. It’s insane that anyone would question the loyalties of someone that served for 24 years, worked as a social studies teacher, and is motivated by logic, and not money.
t-e-e-k-e-y on
>Walz has faced criticism from former battalion members, some of whom have called him a “traitor” for retiring from the National Guard to run for Congress.
Meanwhile, those same people are all HUGE Trump supporters.
The cognitive dissonance would be off the charts if they had an ounce of self-awareness.
Mr_J--- on
In my head Tim Walz would say “JD Vance talks about why I left the military, let me tell you why I joined the military. When I was a young man, I like many others heard the call. The call to serve our great country and to performed our duties faithfully; and so I did for 24 years. JD Vance speaks about this being the end of my career, but let me speak again about my beginnings. I, a ‘bit’ older man heard another call. One that asked me to set down my rifle, and to serve the great people of my state. And that to I believe I have done faithfully. Now, I will tell you one more thing. A few weeks ago I heard another call. It asked me to once more leave my post, and to answer a higher call of service. This I what I say my constituent, and those nay sayers.”
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Vance can’t help himself from being a lowlife
>“These guys are even attacking me for my record of service, and I just want to say, I’m proud to have served my country, and I always will be,” Walz said. “With my dad’s encouragement, a guy who served in the Army during the Korean War, I signed up for the Army National Guard two days after my seventeenth birthday. I served for the next 24 years for the same reason all my brothers and sisters in uniform do: We love this country.”
JD Vance is despicable but he looks fantastic in a dress. Absolute case of stolen glamour.
I’m so burnt out on this story. It strikes me as AckChuAlly-ism from Vance on the specifics of Walz’s record, while ignoring that he served a quarter century for his country.
>“I’m gonna say it again as clearly as I can, I am damn proud of my service to this country,” Walz added. “And I firmly believe you should never denigrate another person’s service record. To anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, I just have a few simple words: Thank you for your service and sacrifice.”
Oh, they’re so screwed. He’s got that beloved teacher / coach that doesn’t tolerate fools energy and every time he speaks he makes their attacks look small and weak. They attack a 24 year veteran who (checks notes) retired honorably to continue serving his country in Congress and he responds with “thank you for your service and sacrifice.”
Like a master class in how to make your opponent look like a cretin. He’s a damned smiling assassin.
Walz didn’t even “flame” him.
He said “I firmly believe you should never denigrate another person’s service record. Anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, I just have a few simple words. Thank you for your service and sacrifice”
My hard right coworkers are absolutely doubling down on this narrative. It’s the big topic at the VFW they tell me. The reality is – the people that are outraged by this were never going to vote for Harris/Walz in the first place. Never.
meanwhile, Donold Bonespur https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-cancels-ww1-memorial-at-us-cemetery-in-france-due-to-rain-idUSKCN1NF0NU/
What a response!
And then at the end, Walz thanked Vance for his service.
Sincere question: I love this guy, but what’s the deal with the e-9 vs e-8 rank debate. Like did he obtain that rank or didn’t he?
Jd Vance is a fucking loser weirdo.
So after 24 years in the Army National Guard, Walz decided to instead serve his country by running for Congress.
That’s really the only statement that anybody needs to know.
And more than anybody deserves. If you honorably served in the US military, your reasons for not reenlisting or for retiring are your own. And nobody’s damn business.
But hey. Vance opened the door, and he should explain why he abandoned his unit in 2007, instead of reenlisting. Because the Iraq War went on until 2011.
Please debate… please. It’ll be a thing of beauty.
I don’t want his Dad brand ruined, but I’d love to see Command Sergeant Major completely dress down the Corporal.
This E3 (fuck you I’m out) would take joy
JD Vance is the chameleon, he’s a despicable human being who as Tim Walz put it, doesn’t even know himself. He’s the ultimate chameleon, he’s gross 🤮
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There is a term for the couch-fucking bedbug; blue falcon.
I really like Walz. He is multi talented and an excellent choice by Harris.
It amuses me that it seems like literally the only thing they can dig up on Walz is a bureaucratic semantic.
I’m depressed because for some reason it seems to be working with a decent number of people.
“When I get that feeling, I need sectional healing”- JD Vance
> Walz asked as the crowd booed. “He knows this. [Trump] couldn’t run that damn McFlurry machine if it cost him anything.”
OK, I’m not one to defend Trump in any other scenario… but it sure doesn’t seem like anyone else working at McDonalds can keep their ice cream machines running either.
Well I certainly appreciate JD Vance’s service.
Especially his 6 months in Baghdad.
As a correspondent.
In an air conditioned office.
Walz is the Bernie Sanders that we needed.
I remember when my buddy was gloating about JD as the VP pick, just thinking it was a homerun. He’s been quiet about it lately lol.
The “Thank you for your service” by Walz is the greatest “Bless your little heart” I’ve seen in response to that Blue Falcon Vance
It is always beyond me that much of the military leans to the right. When it is constantly the right that is throwing them in the dumpster.
I’m a 20+ year veteran. And like Walz – I won’t attack another service member’s service.
Guy got to the highest rank you can get as an enlisted man after almost a quarter of a century of service… All of the armed forces know that. JD Vance was a journalist… That cosplayed. Biden’s administration is sticking it to Russia and parking aircraft carriers off of Iran… Trump give secrets to foreign countries and f***** up Afghanistan. What do you think is going to happen?
That’s not even what stolen valor means even if Vance’s lies were true.
> To anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, I just have a few simple words: Thank you for your service and sacrifice.”
Absolute class act, right there.
At retirement age he wasn’t going to the field anyways. He moved on to congress and his position in the military was given to the next person in the line of people waiting for a promotion. It’s insane that anyone would question the loyalties of someone that served for 24 years, worked as a social studies teacher, and is motivated by logic, and not money.
>Walz has faced criticism from former battalion members, some of whom have called him a “traitor” for retiring from the National Guard to run for Congress.
Meanwhile, those same people are all HUGE Trump supporters.
The cognitive dissonance would be off the charts if they had an ounce of self-awareness.
In my head Tim Walz would say “JD Vance talks about why I left the military, let me tell you why I joined the military. When I was a young man, I like many others heard the call. The call to serve our great country and to performed our duties faithfully; and so I did for 24 years. JD Vance speaks about this being the end of my career, but let me speak again about my beginnings. I, a ‘bit’ older man heard another call. One that asked me to set down my rifle, and to serve the great people of my state. And that to I believe I have done faithfully. Now, I will tell you one more thing. A few weeks ago I heard another call. It asked me to once more leave my post, and to answer a higher call of service. This I what I say my constituent, and those nay sayers.”