After going on an extended rant claiming Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz lied about his military service "for political gain," Donald Trump running mate J.D. Vance was pressed by CNN's Dana Bash to defend Trump ducking out on military service completely.
In the midst of the long interview with the Ohio Republican who claimed Walz's actions were "shameful," the "State of the Union" host began, "One last question, Donald Trump didn't serve in the military. He received a medical draft deferment for bone spurs to avoid serving in the Vietnam War, reportedly as a favor to his father."
"Do you find that shameful too?" she asked.
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"I think that Donald Trump didn't serve in the military but he didn't lie about it, Dana," the Ohio Republican protested. "I've known Donald Trump for a long time..."
"You don't think he — " Bash tried to interject as Vance talked over her and claimed, "Donald Trump didn't lie about serving in the military, he didn't say that he went to Vietnam when he didn't. This is the problem."
"I don't criticize anybody whether they served our country or not," he insisted as he changed the subject. "I think it's honorable to serve, but obviously a lot of people have reasons for not serving. I criticize somebody for embellishing the record for lying, saying I went to war, Dana."
"Don't you think that it's a problem that he [Walz] said I went to war, but he didn't actually? That seems to be a problem to me," Vance continued.
"Well, they've they corrected that, let's move on, " Bash replied.
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