Democrat nominee for vice presidential Tim Walz is under fire for misleading claims about his military service and coaching history. The Minnesota governor has claimed throughout his political career that he was deployed to the Middle East as a command sergeant major and was also the head coach of a high school football team.
At a recent fundraising event in Boston, Walz repeated his claims and took a shot at Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a former collegiate head coach with 14 years of experience in the SEC. “I feel like one of my roles in this now is to be the anti-Tommy Tuberville, to show that football coaches are not the dumbest people,” Walz said.
Tuberville was quick to respond, as he did when reports first surfaced of Walz’ contrasting himself with an actual coach and U.S. Senator.
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“Everything about Tim Walz and Kamala Harris is phony. Kamala is flip-flopping on every issue and pretending to be a moderate despite her record as the former most liberal member in the Senate. Walz has intentionally lied about both his military rank and his coaching position,” Tuberville said.
Tuberville said Walz was the antithesis of what a leader should be on and off the field.
“He did not earn the ranking of command sergeant major as he claims — and he was never a head coach. In fact, the weak character he exemplified when he abandoned his unit before deployment to Iraq is the exact opposite of what any coach I know would instill in student-athletes,” Tuberville said. “I wouldn’t let him anywhere near my locker room, and we sure don’t want him anywhere near the White House.”
Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
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