Did he? I don't remember reading anything where he admitted to doing so.
Yeah, I saw a statement when he was first selected. It admitted wrong doing, and said he used that as inspiration to stop drinking. Which he has.
The incident happened in 95, but the issue is lying about it in 2006
That’s fine. But it’s been dealt with many times over the years since then. It’s old news.
Now this will need to be addressed
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CNN) — When Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz first ran for Congress in 2006, his campaign repeatedly made false statements about the details of his 1995 arrest for drunk and reckless driving.
According to court and police records connected to the incident, Walz admitted in court that he had been drinking when he was pulled over for driving 96 mph in a 55 mph zone in Nebraska. Walz was then transported by a state trooper to a local hospital for a blood test, showing he had a blood alcohol level of .128, well above the state’s legal limit of 0.1 at the time.
But in 2006, his campaign repeatedly told the press that he had not been drinking that night, claiming that his failed field sobriety test was due to a misunderstanding related to hearing loss from his time in the National Guard. The campaign also claimed that Walz was allowed to drive himself to jail that night.
None of that was true.
A CNN KFile review of statements made by the Walz campaign at the time reveals numerous discrepancies between how the campaign described the events and the facts of what actually took place that night.
“The DUI charge was dropped for a Reason: it wasn’t true,” Walz’s then-campaign communications director told local news in 2006. “The trooper had him drive to the station and then leave on his own after being at the station. Tim feels bad about speeding and has paid the ticket and apologized to his family at the time it happened.”
In fact, the incident’s police report clearly states that Walz was transported by police to a local hospital for blood alcohol testing after being arrested. And this week, Nebraska state police confirmed to CNN that Walz was taken by a state trooper to jail…….
Tim Walz’s 2006 campaign falsely described details about his arrest for DWI in 1995 | CNN Politics
When Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz first ran for Congress in 2006, his campaign repeatedly made false statements about the details of his 1995 arrest for drunk and reckless driving.www.cnn.com
He was in Nebraska then.
I agree but a few weeks ago I had never even heard of Tim Walz so it definitely isn’t old news to me
Hillary didn’t want anyone that would upstage her. So it was a vanilla pick.
www.independent.co.uk
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