By There’s an old saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice; shame on me. When it comes to Tim Walz, the voting public may be way past the the second time. After quickly rising to prominence by labeling J.D. Vance “weird” and using dislike of Israel allegedly beat out popular Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro for the vice presidential nod, the Minnesota governor has been caught in lie after lie.
First he was caught lying about his military service, claiming a rank he didn’t earn and implying he served in battles he didn’t fight.
Then he was also caught lying about his DUI arrest. CNN reported that “according to court and police records connected to the incident, Walz admitted in court that he had been drinking when he was pulled over for driving 96 mph in a 55 mph zone in Nebraska. Walz was then transported by a state trooper to a local hospital for a blood test, showing he had a blood alcohol level of .128, well above the state’s legal limit of 0.1 at the time.
But in 2006, his campaign repeatedly told the press that he had not been drinking that night, claiming that his failed field sobriety test was due to a misunderstanding related to hearing loss from his time in the National Guard. The campaign also claimed that Walz was allowed to drive himself to jail that night.”
Now, however, his latest lie might take the cake, showing he’s willing to even use his own children as political props in a gross way. During an interview, Walz strangely attacked J.D. Vance about IVF, something the Ohio senator has never talked about.
Claiming that Trump and Vance oppose IVF—which they don’t—Walz claimed that he and his wife had children using the controversial method of creating multiple embryos and then “discarding” some.
Here’s Walking Scandal Tim “WALZGATE” Walz lying about IVF on National Television.
It was revealed today that his wife never received IVF treatments. pic.twitter.com/l3CHQrM7Jx
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) August 20, 2024
The problem is that it never happened, and even his wife called him out on the lie, according to The Associated Press.
And earlier this month, Walz criticized Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican candidate for vice president, by saying, “If it was up to him, I wouldn’t have a family because of IVF.”
In introducing himself to voters as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris ’ running mate, Walz has made his family’s struggle with fertility a central part of his narrative, a tangible way to connect with voters alarmed at the erosion of reproductive rights in the U.S. But Gwen Walz on Tuesday issued a statement that detailed the experience more comprehensively and disclosed that they relied on a different process known as intrauterine insemination, or IUI.
IUI is often attempted before IVF but doesn’t face the same level of political controversy because it doesn’t risk destroying unused embryos that anti-abortion advocates say equate to unborn children.
“Like so many who have experienced these challenges, we kept it largely to ourselves at the time – not even sharing the details with our wonderful and close family,” Gwen Walz said in the statement. “She was a nurse and helped me with the shots I needed as part of the IUI process.”
Caught in another lie, the Harris campaign tried it’s best to spin the revelation, releasing a statement that should be viewed as an insult to regular people.
“Governor Walz talks how normal people talk,” Mia Ehrenberg, a campaign spokesperson, said. “He was using commonly understood shorthand for fertility treatments.”
That begs the question: How many “normal people” do you know who have confused their military rank and how their children were conceived?
Liberals have said that they want Walz to be “America’s Dad,” the public may take a hard pass if this is how he treats his actual children.
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