Veterans who served alongside Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz appeared on Megyn Kelly’s show to speak out against his alleged misrepresentation of his military record amid a growing stolen valor scandal.
Megyn Kelly opened the segment by outlining the accusations against Walz, who has been accused of embellishing his military service. She then introduced four veterans who served with Walz before his political career. Among them were retired Command Sergeant Majors, a rank that Walz has falsely claimed to hold multiple times over the years.
The veterans featured on the show included retired Command Sergeant Major Tom Behrends, retired Sergeant First Class Tom Schilling, retired Command Sergeant Major Paul Herr, and Rodney Town, a retired First Sergeant who was a peer of Walz.
Kelly asked the veterans about Walz’s military career and whether he would have known about his upcoming deployment to Iraq in the spring of 2005. Behrends, who took over Walz’s position, stated, “I spent 34 years in the Army, almost 13 of those as a Sergeant Major.” He emphasized that leaving one’s unit just before deployment, as Walz did, is “a morale crusher” and detrimental to the military’s cohesion and effectiveness. “It may not legally