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I just reminding you that Philly's Dawn Stensland, who always get this stuff right, warned that TT's not adequately vetted.
Police documents reveal new details on Walz's 1995 DUI arrest
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz's congressional campaign of 2006 repeatedly made false statements about the details of his 1995 arrest for drunk and reckless driving. CNN KFile reporter Andrew Kaczynski reports.
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CNN host Michael Smerconish said that concerns around the 1995 DUI arrest of Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are a major issue that the campaign has to confront.
"The DUI story is indefensible," he said, later asking if Walz was properly vetted by the Harris campaign.
Walz has sought to downplay his arrest for drunk driving in the mid-'90s, but questions about his run-in with law enforcement continue to dog him.
On Sept. 23, 1995, when Walz was working as a teacher in his home state of Nebraska, he was pulled over for going 96 mph in a 55-mph zone.
In comments to reporters in 2006, Walz's campaign for Congress in Minnesota's 1st District insisted he was "not drunk" and blamed a "misunderstanding" with police on "Walz's deafness," which his then-campaign manager said had since been "surgically corrected."
"I don't buy it," Smerconish said, pushing back on claims that Walz's DUI was related to his "hearing disability."
"In the end, it's going to be about the top of the ticket. But to me, the DUI is bigger than the stolen valor allegation, not because of the drinking but because of the lie," he said.
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