Rasmussen Reports’ survey shows that 55% of likely voters think the allegations against Tim Walz regarding his alleged stolen valor are serious. Only 48 percent are in agreement.

Walz, the Democrat Governor of Minnesota, and Vice-Presidential candidate, has been accused of stealing valor. This is when you exaggerate your service to the country in a way that’s not deserved, particularly during war.

Walz has served in the Minnesota National Guard for 24 years, but he never served in combat. He has claimed to have carried weapons “in war” but this is false. This is a falsehood. This is stolen courage. He also accepted praise from those who claimed he was a combat veteran without correcting them. He is not a veteran of combat.

Walz, who knew that his unit would be sent to Iraq in 2005, retired suddenly before the end of his enlistment period, rather than send his unit to a war zone.

Walz has also been claiming to be a command sergeant major for the past 20 years. This promotion was revoked due to Walz’s abrupt retirement before the end of his contract and because he did not complete the Sergeant Majors Academy. Tim Walz was a Master Sergeant when he retired.

55 percent of African-American voters and 67 percent Hispanics said that the allegations were serious.

Rasmussen asked 1,158 likely U.S. Voters if the credible accusations of stolen valor against Walz made them more or less likely than others to vote Harris. 34 percent answered less likely and 16 percent responded more likely. When Rasmussen asked these 1,158 likely U.S. voters if the credible stolen valor accusations against Walz “make you more or less likely to vote for Harris”, 34 percent said less likely, 16 percent said more probable(!?

In response to the question “would it be better for Kamala Harris if she chose Tim Walz to be her vice-presidential candidate running mate or choose someone else?”, 50 percent of respondents said that “it would better to stay with him” while 29 percent responded “it would better to pick someone else.”

Harris is unlikely to dump Walz when the corporate media has been promoting him, while demeaning Sen. JDVance, Republican nominee for vice president, who served in Iraq as an American Marine. I’m guessing, and it is only a guess, that if Republicans want to make hay from this, they will do so after this week, when Walz has been officially and safely installed as the Democrat Vice-Presidential nominee.