Conquer Club

GaryDenton wrote:Walz served in 2003 and 2004 in Operation Enduring Freedom—which included Afghanistan *and* the Global War on Terror.

Walz was a sharpshooter and heavy-weapons (field artillery) specialist—so serving abroad in the Global War on Terror in that capacity absolutely meant handling deadly weapons in a time of war (a war the GOP declared under President Bush).

Pack Rat wrote:

Lonous wrote: you can direct your zesty outrage at the military policy shift under Clinton and Bush that allowed National Guard units to be deployed to theaters of war in the first place. They aren't nearly trained to the caliber needed for deployment in high intensity conflict theaters.

mookiemcgee wrote:

Lonous wrote: you can direct your zesty outrage at the military policy shift under Clinton and Bush that allowed National Guard units to be deployed to theaters of war in the first place. They aren't nearly trained to the caliber needed for deployment in high intensity conflict theaters.

OK, you just earned my vote Lonny. DDS can suck my balls

GaryDenton wrote:I will just post another lie and wait for the excitement to build.

Who else thinks Trump and JD Vance will be down by 10 after the DNC convention?

Unearthed photos of Trump flying with the head of Project 2025 to a Project 2025 meeting on a private jet.

TRUMP CLAIMED "He had no idea who was in charge of it."

Trump said "the Project 2025 architects will lay the groundwork for exactly what our movement will do."





BONUS - Too early to be a lie yet. The Egyptian government gave Trump $10 million in American dollars when his campaign desperately needed help. AG Bill Barr completely shut down and buried three investigations of this.
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He retired before his unit’s deployment to Iraq
Walz served a total of 24 years in various units and jobs in the Army National Guard. But it’s his retirement in 2005 that’s prompting criticism from some Republicans who are suggesting he abandoned his team to pursue a campaign for Congress.

As he ramped up for a congressional bid in 2005, Walz’s campaign in March issued a statement saying he still planned to run despite a possible mobilization of Minnesota National Guard soldiers to Iraq. According to the Guard, Walz retired from service in May of that year.

There is no evidence that Walz timed his departure with the intent of avoiding deployment. But the fact remains that he left ahead of his unit’s departure

Walz didn’t serve in a combat zone
Earlier this week Harris’ campaign circulated on X a 2018 clip of Walz speaking out against gun violence, and saying, “We can make sure that those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at.” That comment suggests that Walz portrayed himself as someone who spent time in a combat zone.

What about his rank?
Harris’ campaign has referred to Walz as a “retired Command Sergeant Major,” one of the top ranks for an enlisted soldier. He did in fact achieve that rank, but personnel files show he was reduced in rank months after retiring. That left him as a master sergeant for benefits purposes.

Minnesota National Guard officials have said that Walz retired before completing coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, along with other requirements associated with his promotion.

“What was this weapon that you carried into war, given that you abandoned your unit right before they went to Iraq, and he has not spent a day in a combat zone? What bothers me about Tim Walz is the stolen valor garbage," Vance said.

Since Walz first ran for Congress and then governor, he’s faced attacks around the timing of his retirement. Vance’s accusation echoes one made by two fellow high-ranking sergeants from the Minnesota Guard who publicly attacked Walz in 2018, in a paid endorsement letter to the editor of the West Central Tribune. They slammed Walz for “conveniently retiring a year before his battalion was deployed to Iraq.”

According to the Minnesota National Guard, Walz retired in May 2005, two months before his unit, the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery received an alert order for mobilization to Iraq in July 2005. It’s likely that Walz put in for retirement months before that May. It’s also clear that guardsmen anticipated deployment to Iraq months before July.

“We can make sure that those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at,” Walz said in the video.

That was all Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance needed. (...)

The Harris campaign said in a statement: “In his 24 years of service, the Governor carried, fired and trained others to use weapons of war innumerable times.

Postby Pack Rat on Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:58 am


...and watch the MAGA CHICKEN TEAM hide from debating the polished team of Harris and Walz, lol.

Trump and Harris agree to debate on ABC on September 10, network says

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are set to debate on ABC on September 10 after the former president said Thursday he had agreed to the faceoff, along with two others next month.

“ABC News will host qualifying presidential candidates to debate on September 10 on ABC. Vice President Harris and former President Trump have both confirmed they will attend the ABC debate,” the network said in a statement.

Problem with Donald Trump’s helicopter ride story
At his news conference Thursday, the former president apparently invented the sort of tale for which he once excoriated a hated member

Donald Trump received effusive praise from allies and sympathizers alike for his willingness to hold an off-the-cuff news conference Thursday in a different part of his house. Here’s a guy who can simply invite in reporters and answer questions for an hour without preparation; why can’t Vice President Kamala Harris do the same?

One reason, of course, is that Trump is not now and has not ever been terribly worried about the product of his riffing. Sure, he almost invariably gets himself into trouble by disgorging false claims or toxic disparagements, but it’s easy enough to bury those with more disgorgement. It is the way; it has always been the way.

jusplay4fun wrote:Another LIE by p-brat:

Postby Pack Rat on Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:58 am


...and watch the MAGA CHICKEN TEAM hide from debating the polished team of Harris and Walz, lol.

Trump has agreed to debate Kamala on September 10.

Trump and Harris agree to debate on ABC on September 10, network says

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are set to debate on ABC on September 10 after the former president said Thursday he had agreed to the faceoff, along with two others next month.

“ABC News will host qualifying presidential candidates to debate on September 10 on ABC. Vice President Harris and former President Trump have both confirmed they will attend the ABC debate,” the network said in a statement.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/08/politics/trump-debate-harris-september/index.html

Who has posted LIES? I detect a pattern here.

Pack Rat wrote:You are such a dork

Mr. Trump’s visit to the burned forest with then-Governor Brown and Mr. Newsom did generate headlines, but not because of anything that occurred on their helicopter ride. Rather, it was because, during a news conference after landing at the scene, Mr. Trump, 78, attributed the wildfire to too many fallen, dead tree branches and said the answer to solving California’s wildfire crisis was to rake the forest floors.

“It was back when we were making raking the forest great again,” Mr. Newsom said.