Retired Minnesota National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Behrends shredded the Democrat nominee for vice president and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for lying about his military service.
The candidate has been dealing with intense scrutiny based on the timing of his retirement, which came before his unit was deployed into the war zone.
The retired Command Sergeant Major appeared on “Fox & Friends” this weekend and said that the governor only has himself to blame.
Behrends said that the Democrat nominee was an “unforgivable coward” because he quit before his unit was sent to Iraq.
“I would liken this to a coach coaching a team for 25 years, and then you’re finally in the Super Bowl. And then the Super Bowl is coming, and the coach says, ‘No, I’m out. I’m done.’ What does it say, what message does it send to a unit when a command sergeant major — I mean, command sergeant majors are a big deal. They block the sun. They’re the most important enlisted member of that unit. When a command sergeant major bails on a deployment beforehand, what kind of message does that send?” “Fox & Friends” co-host Pete Hegseth said.
“The message that it sends to me is, you know, turn around and run and just keep running. I mean, go crawl under a rock. Get the Hell out of here. Nobody even wants to mention your name again. You’re soiled, basically a traitor. You’re a deserter at that point,” Behrends said.
“The knowledge that you have at that point is very good because, I mentioned that with my family, this is like training for the Super Bowl. And then you’re one game away, and Tom Brady says, ‘Uh, sorry. I don’t wanna get hurt in this game, so you go play for me.’ It’s just absolutely ridiculous,” he said.
He said between 98 – 99 percent of those who were deployed after the Democrat governor retired thought the same.
“A couple out there that have spoken out, saying ‘How could you do this to the guy’ and whatever. But he did it to himself,” Behrends added.
“All I am is the messenger. He made the message,” he said. “And I just happened to be the one that God said, you know, you’re too dumb to keep your mouth shut, so go spread the word.”
