In the latest news of Democrats benefiting from leniency, Politico has stepped up to protect Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz (D) by portraying his statements as innocent “misspeaking.” As a far-left propaganda outlet, Politico seems eager to debase itself in order to preserve the image of the Democratic Party.
Politico, you’re such a good dog! Now let’s break down this shamelessly dishonest article. It starts with a stunning lie: “Tim Walz has a problem misspeaking.” During the vice presidential debate, when Tim Walz seemingly said “Some of my best friends are school shooters,” he was accused of misspeaking – which is when you unintentionally say something other than what you meant. Everyone knows that lying, embellishing or misleading is not the same as misspeaking. We all understood that Walz meant to say “school shooting victims.” Now, let’s educate Politico on the difference between misspeaking and lying.
Watch Tim Walz Lie About His Rank, Insinuates to Gold Star Parents He “Came Back” from War.
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Lying is when you deliberately say something you know isn’t true, with the intention of getting what you want or making yourself appear more important than you actually are. Tim Walz has repeatedly lied for all these reasons and more. For instance, he frequently claimed to have retired from the National Guard at a higher rank than he did – that’s lying. People know what rank they retired at.
Similarly, claiming you carried weapons of war into battle when you were never in combat is not misspeaking – it’s lying. People remember if they have been in combat or not. As an example, Bill Maher called Walz “a huge liar like all politicians are” regarding his claims about carrying weapons in wars.
Saying you were in Hong Kong during the summer of the Tiananmen Square Massacre is also lying – people remember where they were on significant occasions. For instance, I was not in New York on 9/11, or in Butler, Pennsylvania when former President Trump was shot. Claiming you and your wife used a politically fashionable fertility treatment when you didn’t is lying as well.
Blaming a hearing loss for a DUI when you were caught going 96 mph in a 55 mph zone, admitting to having been drinking at the time, and having a .128 blood alcohol level – which was way over the legal limit of 0.1 – is a blatant lie.
Now, let’s discuss the difference between misspeaking and lying when it comes to Walz’s comments about school shooters. When he claimed to be friends with them, we know he misspoke because saying such a thing made him look foolish. His lies are all embellishments aimed at making his life story seem more heroic, and giving himself unearned moral authority.
When Democrats lie, the corporate media often tries to downplay it by calling it “misspeaking” or ignoring it entirely (such as Kamala’s claim about working at McDonald’s. Describing what Walz has repeatedly and deliberately done as “misspeaking” is like describing a hand grenade as a banana. Politico is lying to its readers, plain and simple, and sacrificing its integrity in the process.
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