CNN has admitted that Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz repeatedly lied about his drunk driving arrest during his congressional election campaign.
As Slay News reported, Walz was arrested for speeding and driving drunk on September 23, 1995.
A Nebraska trooper pulled Walz over for going 96 mph in a 55 mph speed zone.
Walz took a field sobriety test and a blood-alcohol test after the officer smelled alcohol on his breath.
However, he failed both tests and was arrested on the spot.
Walz spent the night behind bars and later admitted that he was driving drunk, court records show.
While running for Congress, however, Walz’s campaign repeatedly claimed that the Democrat had not been drinking.
Walz lied to voters by claiming he was pulled over and failed the field sobriety test because of alleged hearing loss he suffered from his time serving in the National Guard.
“None of that was true,” as the CNN report put it.
The report continued to chronicle the lies from the campaign.
These lies from Walz were also echoed in numerous media reports.
A local newspaper called the New Elm Journal, for example, reported the following:
“According to Walz’s campaign staff, Walz denies being drunk