Walz unleashes stunning explanation for his ‘weapons in war’ claim, now documented as false

We now know why Tim Walz, the VP nominee picked by Democrat Kamala Harris for this year’s election, made an incorrect statement – his detractors call it a lie – about his military service.

There have been several of those such statements, such as his claim to be in retirement as a “command sergeant major,” about which he repeatedly boasted even though it was a title for which he never was fully qualified.

This dispute is about his claim to have carried weapons of war “in...