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Tina Smith: “He enlisted when he was 17.”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Senator Tina Smith Discusses Tim Walz's Vice Presidential Nomination and Housing Policy

Published | Video Starts at 16:40

There were attempts to sort of use that against him in past campaigns, and they never succeeded because most people look at this and go, what are you talking about? The guy served in the National Guard for what, over 20 years? He enlisted when he was 17. So, like. Like, what are you talking about? And I know, of course, that that was part of that. (16:40–16:44)

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Asserts that Tim Walz enlisted in the National Guard at the age of 17.

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