Washington Post chief fact-checker slams Tim Walz’s claims of carrying weapons ‘in war’: ‘Sloppy and false’

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Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler shredded Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz’s, D-Minn., claim that he once carried weapons of war "in war."

In an analysis piece of Walz’s military service record, Kessler denied the governor’s 2018 claim that he had handled weapons in a combat theater over his 24-year career in the U.S. Army National guard. The fact-checker confirmed to readers that there was no evidence he served in combat so he couldn’t have carried the weapons.

"He did carry weapons of war — just not in war," Kessler declared.

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The governor made the heavily scrutinized claim in question during a 2018 town hall meeting where he advocated for gun control policies.

In a clip of the meeting, which the Harris campaign shared on social media earlier this week, Walz told an audience, "I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt… And I tell you what I have been doing. I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can do CDC research. We can make sure we don’t have reciprocal carry among states. And we can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at."

Kessler’s piece, published on Friday, grilled Walz over the claim,