CNN correspondent Tom Foreman fact-checked Minnesota's Democratic governor, Tim Walz, on Wednesday after he claimed he was carrying weapons in a “war.”
Foreman appeared on CNN News Central with co-host Brianna Keilar to discuss previous allegations that Governor Walz suggested he was carrying weapons to war when speaking about gun control. Foreman said there is “no evidence” that the Democratic governor's comments are true. (Related article: Tim Walz once received an “A” rating from the NRA, then shot left)
“Governor Walz has made statements on several occasions when speaking to groups that suggest he has possessed weapons in a combat situation,” Foreman said. “As you know from my contacts with the military, and coming from a military family, I know there is a difference between being in a combat zone, being involved in times of war, and actually being in a position to be shot at. There is no evidence that Governor Walz was in a position to be shot at, and some of his statements could easily be inferred to have been so.”
“So what he said all that about gun rights is completely wrong. The campaign basically came to say, 'Look, he had a long career. He never wanted to intentionally mislead people on this,' and campaigns tend to say that. And this debate will continue, but it's an interesting debate that harkens back to past political conflicts where military personnel started attacking each other. And then you start to say, 'What is the basis of this argument? How much of it is true? What should we take from it as voters?'” Foreman concluded.
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Harris' campaign begins on Tuesday Promoted Walz, who campaigned for a weapons ban in the wake of the 2018 Parkland shooting, was seen in a video posted online saying he wanted to ban weapons “carried into war.”
“We can be sure that the weapons of war that I carried with me to war are stored there and only there,” Waltz said.
This campaign is Said “I would never disparage or undermine the American people's service to this country,” Walz said, according to CNN, noting that he has “carried weapons of war, fired them and trained others to use them countless times.”
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance appeared at a press conference on Wednesday and criticized Walz as “disingenuous” for his comments about his time in the military.
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