Former leader of Tim Walz’s unit joins stolen valor attacks — calls it ‘an affront’ to claim rank ‘he did not earn’

A former battalion commander of Tim Walz’s National Guard unit is the latest to attack the vice presidential nominee for stolen valor, saying it’s an “affront” for him to claim a title he did not earn — and accusing him of running when service got too tough. John Kolb, who became Lieutenant Colonel of the Minnesota unit a few months after Walz quit to run for Congress, joined the attacks soon after Vice President Kamala Harris admitted her running mate “misspoke” about retiring as a Command Sergeant Major. In a...