Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio on Thursday accused CNN anchor Brianna Keilar of downplaying his own military service while discussing criticism of Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz over a defamation allegation.
Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, accused Walz of lying about his military service at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Wednesday. Keillor told Inside Politics that Vance was a “public relations expert” during his time in office. service Regarding Waltz's attacks in Iraq, Vance deemed him a “faulty communicator” and called Waltz's comments “offensive.” (Related: “I would have told him to 'hang in there': National Guard commander frustrated with Walz's decision to retire before deploying)
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'This is awful': JD Vance slams CNN anchor for downplaying Iraq war service pic.twitter.com/4oN035gUkj
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“When did military service become a burden? That's one of the things that comes to my mind when I think about this,” Keillor said. married J.D. Vance told the Green Berets on a panel, “I also think that J.D. Vance may be an imperfect messenger on this because, as you introduced, his title was combat correspondent. But when you dig a little deeper, he's a public relations professional and he's never seen combat. Combat correspondent certainly gives a different impression. So he may be an imperfect messenger on this.”
Brianna, this is horrible and a disgrace to you and your entire network.
When I got the call to go to Iraq, I went.
Tim Waltz said he had a gun in the war. Did he really? No, that was a lie. https://t.co/kt0oxzZb83
— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 8, 2024
“Brianna, this is horrible. You and your entire network are a disgrace,” Vance said. Posts On Thursday's X show, “I got the call to go to Iraq and I went. Tim Waltz said he had a gun in the war. Did he really? No. That's a lie.”
Harris' campaign Posts A video released Tuesday in which Walz calls for a ban on “war-borne” weapons.
“We can confirm that the weapons of war that I carried with me to war are stored there and only there,” Waltz said in the video.
2018 letter An article in the West Central Tribune by two senior NCOs accused Colonel Waltz of hastily retiring from the National Guard just before his unit was scheduled to deploy to Iraq.
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