Just one day after Kamala Harris selected him as her running partner, Tim Walz finds himself at the center of a very unfavorable news cycle. It seems that Walz has developed a pattern of lying to avoid conflict.
In addition to the several times he’s been exposed for trying to rewrite his own history—that is, for lying about having served in the military before being elected to Congress—we also have this little nugget of information from our colleagues at Townhall.
“Democratic vice presidential contender Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) made statements about his arrest for driving while intoxicated, but newly discovered court records from 2022 show serious discrepancies. Previously, Walz attributed his escape from police to his “deafness” following his stop for driving under the influence in 1995, during which he drove over 95 mph in a 55 mph zone. In spite of failing both a preliminary breath test and a field sobriety test, he further asserted that he was “not intoxicated.” Prior to being checked into Dawes County Jail, Walz had “a significant stench of an alcoholic beverage that was discovered coming from Mr. Walz’s breath and person,” according to court filings.
However, his attorney presented a different account of what transpired that evening in court, one that had nothing to do with deafness.
The attorney stated, “Walz felt like someone was hunting him,” according to court records. “The police failed to activate his red lights, and he—someone approached him from behind very quickly, and he had no idea what they were doing.” He hurried to attempt to escape, thinking that someone was after him. As luck would have it, a state patrol trooper was behind him, so the quicker he ran, the quicker the trooper went.
After entering into a plea deal, Walz’s DUI conviction was subsequently dropped to careless driving.
When he first ran for office in 2006, his campaign manager claimed that the incident happened due to “deafness” he had acquired while serving in the National Guard (his campaign at the time stated that the condition had since undergone surgery).
But that’s the thing with Walz. At this moment, we’re not quite sure what is true about his past. Naturally, he is not alone in this; such incidents are common in politics. However, it’s clear that people are portraying this guy as someone he’s not—a folksy everyman who everyone in the Midwest can identify with—and that nearly every narrative we’re hearing about him is inaccurate in one way or another.
It almost makes you wonder if the folksy everyman portion is also a sham.
Author: Scott Dowdy
