JD Vance, accused his opponent of “stolen valor garbage” and accused him of having “abandoned” his unit in 2005 ahead of a planned deployment to Iraq.

Vance blasted Tim Walz on the campaign trail Wednesday as stories have reemerged from his 2018 run for governor of veterans criticizing him at the time for “embellishing” his military career. Retired veterans at the time said in a Facebook post that Walz retired from his 24-year tenure in the National Guard after learning that his battalion would be deployed to Iraq.