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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/11/pelosi-walz-stolen-valor-00173541 Pelosi hits back at Republicans’ ‘stolen valor’ attacks on Walz Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday defended Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz against attacks on his service record, calling it a “sign of the bankruptcy of their ideas” for Republicans who accuse him of “stolen valor.” “They don’t have anything to say, so they make up things,” Pelosi told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. “They are just trying to confuse things, but he came to Congress and was respected by our colleagues. Elected to be the top Democrat on the Veterans Affairs Committee, where he … made historic advances for veterans, meeting their needs, more than had been done since the G.I. Bill during World War II.” Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Walz as her running mate, Republicans resurfaced claims that Walz, who served for 24 years in the National Guard before retiring in 2005 to run for Congress, had inflated his military credentials. Walz has faced similar attacks from opponents during his previous races for the governorship and the House, where he became the most senior enlisted soldier to serve in Congress. The Trump campaign and in particular, Ohio Sen. JD Vance — who deployed to Iraq as a combat correspondent in the Marines but did not experience combat — has latched onto scrutiny of Walz’s Army record, claiming the Democratic vice presidential contender retired to avoid deployment to Iraq. Walz retired months before his unit was issued a mobilization order — a fact that Pelosi emphasized. When asked how the Harris-Walz campaign should respond to criticisms of Walz’s record in the military, Pelosi advised: “Just dismiss it.” “If people lie, as they are lying, and you hear the lie enough times, it sort of becomes kind of accepted in their group, and so you have to say ‘No, that didn’t happen,’” Pelosi said. “The reality has to be driven home. I’m not one to let their misrepresentations persist.” “He has been a consistent patriotic courageous American,” she added.

For an 81 year old the combination of the two is a plausible explanation (particularly if we was running a fever, which he may have been).

Dude, you can count. How many Republicans voted against him that day? IIRC the vote was pretty much along party lines.

https://x.com/Victorshi2020/status/1820272159454867651 (video clip at link) Oh my goodness. Interviewer: “Did Donald Trump make a mistake when he chose JD Vance?” Nancy Pelosi: “No, I think it was a great choice” and then laughs hysterically. Golden. Nancy Pelosi is a national treasure.

Not many voted against him on Obamacare, the vote was 51-49 with McCain casting the tie breaker. What is the uni party?

Pelosi was on MSNBC a few nights back promoting her new book, was interviewed by Joy Reid and mentally she seems fine. https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/pelosi-on-vp-kamala-harris-campaign-and-her-new-book-216877637860

Or by Jet lag or by something to account for that debacle that even MSNBC couldn't put a positive spin on. It could have been just a one off, bad performance caused by a variety of factors - we don't know, but it is a moot point now.

86% From Google search: During the Vietnam War (1964–1975), the racial composition of soldiers who died was 86% Caucasian, 12.5% Black, and 1.2% other races. This was similar to the percentage of Black people in the U.S. population at the time, and slightly lower than the percentage of Black people in the Army at the end of the war.

Minneapolis is actually pretty cosmopolitan. If you can handle the cold it is a nice place to live. There is even a cool song about it.

That was what we hoped for. But even Joy Reid on MSNBC along with the other network hosts noted at the time that it didn't go well.

Yes, it was alleged and the proof is the 90 minute State Of The Union address, that his "Dementia Joe" critics have no explanation for.

Yes it was alleged and it wasn't reality, which is why the entire country was not at risk (and still isn't while he remains in office).

And nothing to exploit either except for short YouTube clips that were taken out of context and misleading edited to give the wrong impression. But that was then and this is now. The only candidate with perceived issues of dimentia and cognitive impairment now is Trump. If Republicans had been smart they would have kept their mouth shut and said nothing about Biden's alleged impairment. But they had this constant drumbeat with the false meme of "Dementia Joe" that mainstream media picked up on, eventually causing Biden to step down after the debate debacle. That's how we got Harris as the nominee. As they say "Be careful what you wish for"

Was this when Republicans controlled both The House and The Senate? And no, the Democrats do not want open borders, no one has called for that.

Yes and coming exclusively all from one side IIRC.

Once again, I watched The State Of The Union address, all 90 minutes of it and his cognitive ability seemed perfectly fine (outside of one verbal miscue).

No, they didn't. I watched The State Of The Union address, all 90 minutes of it.

Fun Fact: Biden's cognitive ability is no longer relevant to the November election.

That is why CNN and MSNBC should air portions of his rallies as he has really deteriorated mentally since his last run for POTUS. He has always rambled but never as incoherent as he is now (like thinking Hanibal Lecter was a real person instead of a fictional character).

Fun Fact: Tina Louise, who played Ginger Grant on the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island, is the only living cast member of the show. Louise was born on February 11, 1934, making her 90 years old as of August 11, 2024

https://x.com/amyklobuchar/status/1823375452980822451 Donald Trump said he’d flee to Venezuela if he lost the election. Deal!

He doesn't have a clue.

That was alleged but never proven.

There really haven't been the high profile and well publicized killings on video of Black folks by LEOs, like there were with George Floyd and others. I think BLM pretty much accomplished what they set out to do, which was calling attention to this issue.

No she can't. Biden couldn't either because Trump shot down the border/immigration bi-partisan agreement he worked out with Republicans. She can concentrate on getting legislation done in 2025 once she is President, hopefully with a Congress controlled again by Democrats.