Tim Walz, who is currently at the center of a pretty negative news cycle just 24 hours after being picked to be Kamala Harris’ running mate, appears to be making a habit of lying to get out of trouble.
He’s already been caught in several attempts to redefine his personal lore (read: lie about his service in the armed forces prior to his election to Congress), and now there is this little tidbit from our friends over at Townhall.
Newly unearthed court documents from 2022 reveal significant contradictions from Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) claims from when he was arrested for driving under the influence.
Walz previously blamed “deafness” for why he fled from police after being pulled over for driving drunk after going over 95 miles per hour in a 55-speed zone in 1995. He also claimed he was “not drunk,” despite failing a field sobriety test and a preliminary breath test.
The court documents note that Walz had “a strong odor of alcoholic beverage was detected emitting from Mr. Walz[‘s] breath and person” before being booked into Dawes County Jail.
But in court, his lawyer told a different story about what happened that night, and it had nothing to do with deafness.
“Walz thought somebody was chasing him,” the lawyer said, according to court documents. “The officer didn’t turn on his red lights, and he — somebody came up real fast behind him, and he didn’t know what they were doing. So he sped up to try to get away, fearing that somebody was after him. Lo and behold, it was a state patrolman that was behind him, so the faster he went, the faster the state patrol officer went.”
Walz was eventually charged with a DUI, but the charge was reduced to reckless driving after taking a plea agreement.
When he was first running for office in 2006, a campaign managed claimed that the incident was due to “deafness” incurred during his time in the National Guard (according to his campaign at the time, the issue has since been surgically corrected).
That’s the problem with Walz, though. At this point, we’re not entirely sure what about his backstory is accurate. That’s not unique to him, of course – politics is full of this kind of thing. But it is noticeable that this guy is being billed as something he’s not – a folksy everyman relatable to the entire Midwest – and just about every story we’re getting about him is in some way, shape, or form being misrepresented.
Kind of makes you wonder if that folksy everyman part is a lie, too.
