Military veterans have sparked a viral trend in response to reports Kamala Harris running mate Tim Walz abandoned his platoon prior to their deployment overseas.
Since his selection as Harris’ VP, members of Walz’s National Guard battalion are once again coming forward pointing out he’s not only embellishing his military career, but also that he abandoned them ahead of a 2005 deployment to Iraq despite assuring troops he’d go.
“Unlike @Tim_Walz, I actually deployed to Iraq!!” wrote veteran and daughter of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, Maureen Bannon in an X post on Wednesday.
Unlike @Tim_Walz, I actually deployed to Iraq!! pic.twitter.com/rF5tlrQAoB
— Maureen Bannon (@maureen_bannon) August 8, 2024
The photo sparked a trend on social media among military veterans upset Walz ditched his fellow servicemen.
Vets, post your photo of you not being Tim Walz! https://t.co/7hJNW4vWpA pic.twitter.com/OZgjcSGufk
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) August 7, 2024
This is me not being Tim Walz. pic.twitter.com/BQfW17f04G
— Steve
(@EECC506) August 8, 2024
Me and a few others not being Tim Walz. pic.twitter.com/9GpC1FCI5i
— USAFVet (@BollingerTodd) August 7, 2024
Me not being Tim Walz. https://t.co/QpJAqBJX0T pic.twitter.com/uxZbEOdKXx
— Dr. Interracial
Not Tim waltz, me , hooking up my LTs ruck in Iraq, 2004 pic.twitter.com/D98KMsP6E3
— AngryJumpmaster (@realjimtotten) August 8, 2024
Me in 1968 not being tim walz. pic.twitter.com/vHxt8Sdif8
— Gunny Williams USMC Retired
Here’s a photo of me not being Tim Walz https://t.co/x3h8I0Z0SZ pic.twitter.com/QN4oyeqV3R
— Junkyard-Tactical (@Junkyardtactic) August 7, 2024
Me doing something @GovTimWalz didn’t do.
pic.twitter.com/iv2zBDiHPL
— Iraqveteran8888 (@Iraqveteran8888) August 8, 2024
When my unit in the 4th Infantry Division was notified of deployment to Iraq, I answered the call.
The man Democrats want to be Vice President abandoned his unit because he was and is a coward.
This is a photo of me not being Tim Walz. pic.twitter.com/gilySBwJBD
— Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) August 8, 2024
Here is a photo of me not being Tim Walz. https://t.co/PLLObxEFKo pic.twitter.com/ng4rtR5tF1
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) August 7, 2024
It seems I’ve misspelled “Walz” in my last post. Thank you for bringing that to my attention and my sincerest apologies, allow me to correct my previous.
This is a photo of me not being Tim Walz.
Some of us answered the call and some of us (Tim Walz) cowered in the rear. pic.twitter.com/Yuyz0VzVdr
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyan762) August 8, 2024
Me not being Tim Walz. pic.twitter.com/Ka9sC2nSMI
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Me not being Tim Walz https://t.co/oGATIwjD9N pic.twitter.com/jXLcwsEPPg
— Col. Rob Maness ret.
Me not being Tim Walz, 5/2006, mobilized with the USAR, same time as his unit was. Saw many Red Bulls over there but no Walz, as he is a deployment dodging buddy fucking coward. pic.twitter.com/i9nS2xjj14
— Viking Ranger (@ranger_viking) August 7, 2024
This is a photo of me not being Tim Walz.
Some of us answered the call and some of us (Tim Walz) cowered in the rear.#stolenvalor pic.twitter.com/cktQEZQa18
— Allwecandoislaugh (@BrandonShields2) August 8, 2024
Fine I’ll join in…
Here’s a photo of me NOT being Tim Walz! pic.twitter.com/9PFJEUmRhy
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) August 8, 2024
Me not being Tim Walz. pic.twitter.com/sEKiFw2btZ
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 7, 2024
Here’s a photo of me not being Tim Walz… https://t.co/auuJgNFvaa pic.twitter.com/dqSO9qNgTa
— Silverback
(@Silverback375) August 8, 2024
This is me not being @Tim_Walz.
Unlike #NoBallsWalz, I answered the call to serve in combat. I was shot, blown up, and frozen half to death in the process.
And I’d do it all again — because America was, is, and always will be worth fighting for. pic.twitter.com/zHcaYI9t8j
— Jay Collins (@JayCollinsFL) August 8, 2024
Here’s a picture of me NOT being Tampon Tim Walz. https://t.co/tlLuCe1Ae0 pic.twitter.com/NLYNyBYz7U
— Rob Lee
This is me not being Tim Walz. Some of us answered the call. pic.twitter.com/PWrsZDh6pa
— Drago Dzieran (@DragoDzieran) August 7, 2024
There are countless more soldiers participating in the trend on X.
One other notable person who honorably served overseas was soldier Kyle Miller, who was killed by a roadside IED in Iraq in 2006. Miller was a member of the platoon that Walz failed to deploy with.
My son, 19, was killed in Iraq serving in the military unit Tim Walz ‘abandoned’: I’ll never trust Kamala Harris’ VP pick who took the ‘coward’s way out’ https://t.co/YYngYlYIHZ pic.twitter.com/YBXQLklFmS
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) August 8, 2024