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I know we’re not s’posed to post stuff without comment, but what’s left to say?
Shady Vance is a Trumpsucking slimeball?
Everybody already knew that.
This story is going viral in the right wing echo chamber, so it requires more background detail for a better understanding. See:
Vance reopens line of attack into Walz’s military record as two veterans now vie to be vice president
The zombie scandal itself was dug up and reanimated from Minnesota Republicans who had used it to try a kind of swiftboating attack on Walz. Apparently, Walz was succeeded by an officer who replaced him and wanted to help the Republicans try to stink up Walz's 24-year service record. So the guy posted a letter to Facebook, making Minnesota Republicans whoop with joy. Walz was elected anyway, because nobody but diehard Republicans cared.
The relevant facts are that Walz was appointed to Command Sergeant Major in the fall of 2004, but he hadn't finished all of his coursework to retire at that rank when he decided to retire from service. Walz submitted his papers to retire in February 2005. Retirement was approved for a May retirement, before his unit was mobilized for deployment to Iraq. The mobilization order was announced in July of 2005, two months after he had officially retired. From the above article:
The criticisms of his military record from within the state during his gubernatorial campaigns also focused on his rank when he retired.
Walz reached the rank of command master sergeant, but he officially retired as a master sergeant— one rank below command sergeant major — because “he did not complete additional coursework at the US Army Sergeants Major Academy,” according to the Guard.
Joseph Eustice, a 32-year veteran who led the same battalion as Walz, told the Star Tribune in 2022 that Walz did nothing wrong when he left the Guard.
”He was a great soldier,” Eustice said. “When he chose to leave, he had every right to leave.”
All this stuff coming from the people supporting Mr. Bone Spurs, who called veterans who fought in wars “losers” and notoriously said he didn’t want a disabled vet at one of his events because it was a “bad look” for him.
Have right-wingers any honor, decency, or even basic intelligence at all?