Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) is in hot water again, after a decade-old letter from the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce emerged suggesting that yet another claim by the vice-presidential candidate might be false.

In his 2006 campaign for Congress, Walz claimed that he had been given an award by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, but a letter from then-Chamber President Barry L. Kennedy urged Walz to correct the misstatement.

The current president of the Nebraska Chamber, Chris Sloan told The Daily Wire that so far as he can ascertain “that letter went out under our name in 2006.”

The letter went on to say: ‘We have investigated this issue and can confirm that you did not receive any award from the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce.”

The letter states that “the Chamber endorsed your opponent” and requests Walz to remove the false information from his campaign website.

“I am not going to draw a conclusion about your intentions by including this line in your biography,” Kennedy wrote. “However, we respectfully request that you remove any reference to our organization as it could be considered an endorsement of your candidacy. It should be pointed out, however, that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed your opponent, Congressman Gil Gutknecht, for his support of small business issues.”

The rediscovery of the letter prompted fresh criticism of Walz, with at least one critic suggesting that integrity questions could now be raised about his former insistence on being fired over conflicts.

Political commentator Dustin Grage shared the letter on social media, and said he struggled with believing that the Chamber of Commerce needed to ask Walz to remove an accolade he never won, especially because they had supported his opponent in 2018.

The backlash to Walz’s comments is nothing new. Plenty of news sources have noted in the past that Walz can be generous with embellishment, misrepresentation and plain falsehoods when making a public claim.

A similar controversy was stirred up when Walz talked about using IVF to start his family. Walz has been vocal about it, especially in targeting Republicans around reproductive rights. But The New York Times reported Wednesday that Walz and his wife used intrauterine insemination (IUI) rather than IVF, a distinction important to some pro-life activists because it does not require the discarding of human embryos.

Indeed, Walz has a history of being less than honest, such as his recent lie about having won one or two Minnesota Votes for Women “Teacher of the Year” awards while he was working with high school students.

In another factually inaccurate statement Walz focuses on his 1995 DUI arrest. A Nebraska trooper pulled over Walz for speeding, he failed both a field sobriety test and blood-alcohol test after being taken into custody in May 2014. 

After originally admitting to being drunk while behind the wheel, Walz’s congressional campaign later went so far as to falsely allege that he had not been drinking and then blamed his failed sobriety test on “hearing loss” from military service as a member of the National Guard. Finally, Walz has also been criticized for his military service allegations.