{"id":168345,"date":"2025-04-11T11:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=168345"},"modified":"2025-04-10T19:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T23:07:24","slug":"governor-tim-walz-heckled-by-veterans-at-minnesota-state-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=168345","title":{"rendered":"Governor Tim Walz heckled by veterans at Minnesota State Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/walz03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/walz03-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/walz03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/walz03.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Democrat, welcomed veterans to the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul. They were there for the &#8220;Veterans Day on the Hill&#8221; event. Video shows Walz trying to speak, but being interrupted by heckling veterans. He was called a coward and accused of sympathizing with China.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Coward! You sympathize with the Chinese!&#8221; some veterans holding American flags and &#8220;take action&#8221; signs shouted at the Democratic governor as he welcomed them to the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sir, you&#8217;re welcome to come\u2026 Let me finish!&#8221; Walz replied as he tried to ease tensions while another veteran shouted: &#8220;Shut your f&#8212;ing mouth!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Woah, hey \u2014 there\u2019s some passion in the building, which is a good thing,&#8221; Walz said before beginning his address.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the hecklers disrupting Walz&#8217;s remarks has gone viral on social media, with conservative influencers celebrating the criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Walz faced accusations of stolen valor during the 2024 presidential election for inconsistencies describing his military service.<\/p>\n<p>Walz is a veteran, having served in the Minnesota National Guard\u2019s 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery after transferring from the Nebraska National Guard in 1996. He retired as a master sergeant in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The former vice presidential candidate was accused of stolen valor for retiring just months before his battalion deployed to Iraq as war raged in the Middle East following the 9\/11 attacks. Walz put in his papers for retirement at least five months before his battalion received deployment orders, according to the Minnesota National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Walz was also discovered to have claimed several times that he retired as a command sergeant major, which is not accurate \u2014 he reverted to his previous rank upon retirement because he did not complete the necessary corresponding coursework, the National Guard has said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional Reading:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heavey, D. (2025, April 10, 2025). Tim Walz heckled by veterans for stolen valor claims, China connections. <em>Fox News<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/tim-walz-heckled-veterans-stolen-valor-claims-china-connections\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Democrat, welcomed veterans to the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul. 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