Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) responded to a question about his past claim that he was in Hong Kong at the time of the Tiananmen massacre, noting that “the date was incorrect.”
“I got the date wrong.” Waltz explained This was communicated to reporters on Wednesday. “In 1989 I was in Hong Kong, China, and the move from Hong Kong to China was very profound for me. It was the summer of democracy, and I realized there how sacred democracy is. I said I understood.”
Asked during Tuesday's vice presidential debate about his false claim that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen massacre, Walz said he was “crazy sometimes.”
As Breitbart News' Frances Martel reported, during the debate Walz was asked about a 2014 Congressional hearing about his alleged presence in Hong Kong at the time of the massacre. This is the Washington Free Beacon report It turns out that Walz was in Nebraska during the massacre:
Walz was answering questions during Tuesday's vice presidential debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), moderated by CBS News. The hosts challenged both candidates on their respective records and responded to reports that surfaced on Tuesday that Walz had falsely claimed to have been in Hong Kong during the 2014 communist genocide. asked to do so. Walz reportedly made this remark during a 2014 Congressional hearing, claiming he was in Hong Kong in May 1989. In fact, the Washington Free Beacon found evidence that Walz was in Nebraska at the time and did not travel to China until August.
The Washington Free Beacon reported that Walz was in “Nebraska” as the Tiananmen Square massacre continued “in May and June 1989.” Walz “did not leave for China until August,” the paper said, and the paper cited “reports” that Walz was “touring a National Guard warehouse” during the massacre. .
Contemporary news reports indicate that Walz toured a National Guard warehouse in Alliance, Nebraska, in May 1989. They show that Waltz did not leave the United States until August of that year, at least two months after the Tiananmen Square massacre ended the student movement.
CNN reported Waltz also made the claim on the radio. interview In June 2019, he testified that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Incident on June 4, 1989.
