Tim Walz got arrested and you won’t believe what happened next
Tim Walz is entering the Hall of Fame of bad running mate selections.
The latest scandal is a doozy.
And Tim Walz got arrested and you won’t believe what happened next.
Tim Walz’s 1995 DUI arrest
In 1995, Nebraska State Police arrested Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for driving 96 miles per hour in a 55-mile-per-hour speed limit zone.
When Walz ran for Congress in 2006, his campaign falsely claimed that he hadn’t been drinking, had only failed the field sobriety test because of a loss of hearing stemming from his service in the Army National Guard, and that police allowed him to drive himself to the station.
“The DUI charge was dropped for a reason: it wasn’t true,” Walz’s then-campaign communications director said in a 2006 interview. “The trooper had him drive to the station and then leave on his own after being at the station. Tim feels bad about speeding and has paid the ticket and apologized to his family at the time it happened.”
CNN reported that every bit of that statement was false.
Walz was speeding.
His blood alcohol level was far above the legal limit.
“According to court and police records connected to the incident, Walz admitted in court that he had been drinking when he was pulled over for driving 96 mph in a 55 mph zone in Nebraska. Walz was then transported by a state trooper to a local hospital for a blood test, showing he had a blood alcohol level of .128, well above the state’s legal limit of 0.1 at the time,” CNN reported.
And police hauled Walz back to the station.
“Under NSP procedure, a person suspected of impaired driving is not allowed to continue driving,” spokesman for the Nebraska State Patrol Cody Thomas said in response to CNN’s inquiries. “In this case, the suspect was transported by the trooper and was lodged in Dawes County Jail.”
Walz’s history of fabrications
Walz’s Congressional campaign falsely describing his DUI arrest dovetails with him falsely describing his military service.
For the last several weeks, Walz faced increasingly serious allegations of stolen valor stemming from lying about deploying to war and claiming the rank of Command Sergeant Major upon retiring from the Minnesota National Guard.
Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate figuring his military service and background as a high school football coach would let voters see him as the All-American dad.
But Walz isn’t coming clean about his background.
And if his biography falls apart, then voters will focus on his record.
Walz signed an order allowing the government to storm into homes and take children away from parents who won’t consent to transgender surgeries.
He signed red flag gun confiscation laws into effect.
And Walz rescinded protections for babies born alive following abortion attempts leading to eight deaths.
The reality of Walz’s record and biography doesn’t match the story Kamala Harris wants to tell.
