Winsome Sears deeply 'upset' over Walz combat claim: 'You never were in war'

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) criticized Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) for his past comments on his National Guard service, arguing Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 running mate has “never” faced combat in war.

A 2018 clip of Walz shared by the Harris campaign showed the governor speaking against gun violence and stating that “weapons of war, that I carried in war” only belong in war zones, a statement some have taken to imply that he served in combat. However, Walz himself has never served in a combat zone, with Sears, a Marine veteran, stating many families of veterans who died in combat are likely joining her in being very “upset” and “offended” over Walz’s comment.