The Different Drummer
Not Fit To Serve
Former President and draft dodger Donald Trump has once again insulted those who have served our country and paid with their life and limbs.
“Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.”
– Donald Trump
Governor Tim Walz’s honorable service in the National Guard included a deployment to Europe, providing base security while the soldiers normally stationed there served in Iraq. There was once a time when Americans would look at 24 years in the military and reflectively say “Thank you for your service.” That would be before Trump transformed the American political landscape.
Walz’s opponent in this year’s Vice-Presidential election, JD Vance, also served in the military, but under the name James Hamel, one of his many alter egos. While Walz has thanked Vance for his service, the Republican has only picked apart his counterpart’s contributions to our country’s security. Vance ignores Walz’s 24 years of sacrifice falsely claiming that he retired to avoid deployment to Iraq; Walz’s unit received deployment orders two months after his retirement was approved.
Waltz is “a pretty charismatic…
