By REAGAN REESE
Corporate media rushed to play defense for Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as his military falsehoods were exposed.
Journalists worked to discredit the right’s newest line of attack, accusing Walz of stolen valor, and revived old arguments about “swiftboating.” The term originated during the Bush-Kerry campaign of 2004, when a Republican political operative by the name of Chris LaCivita helped organize Swift Boat veterans from Vietnam to scrutinize John Kerry’s service record, and the stories he told after coming home.
Despite the media’s best efforts, attacks on Walz’s years of lies aren’t going anywhere, Trump campaign insiders told the Daily Caller. LaCivita, now running the Trump campaign, and his staff will continue to hammer the message, using its own veteran Sen. J.D. Vance to “expose Walz’s military record.”
“There’s more than enough evidence to prove that he did commit Stolen Valor. We will make sure the American people know that, especially our great veterans and service members who have honorably answered the call to serve and answered the call to go overseas when their country asked them to do that,” a Trump campaign spokesperson told the Caller.
“And there’s no greater voice to highlight that than Senator Vance, who answered the call and deployed to Iraq when his country called on him and honorably served in the United States Marine Corps,” the spokesperson continued.
A source familiar with the campaign’s thinking echoed the spokesperson’s thoughts, adding that Vance has a personal biography that gives him the perfect platform to expose Walz’s record…
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