Gov. Tim Walz joined his co-hosts on “The View” on Monday to explain misleading statements about his past and insisted he would be “honest.”
Co-host Alyssa Farrar Griffin began with a disclaimer, saying, “I want to ask you this about the many false statements you've made about your military career and your travels. I wish I were, but no one lies like this.'' Donald Trump, nothing you've misled has been on the same level. ”
She added: “In a time when there is so much mistrust and so much lying in politics, there can't be any gray areas. How do you communicate to voters who are concerned that there may be a trust issue?” continued.
“I think we need to be careful about this, if we're talking about what happened in Hong Kong 35 years ago in August 1989,” Walz said. “I think they distinguish themselves from pathological liars like that.” Get it out. But I think it's important to be careful about how you speak. For me, as a teacher and as a coach, I think it's just speaking from my heart. In a moment. “
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“The View” co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin questioned Tim Walz about past misleading statements during an interview on Monday's show. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
Walz came under fire for claiming he was in Hong Kong during the deadly Tiananmen Square protests in the spring of 1989, despite reports showing he had not traveled to China until August of that year. Ta. He also came under fire for saying in a 2018 interview that he carried weapons “during a war,” but the Harris campaign retracted that statement.
As he prepared for a debate with Sen. J.D. Vance, he felt he was at a disadvantage because of his tendency to “just answer the questions asked as quickly as possible.” He stated that he expressed this to the team. ”
Asked during the debate about reporting that he was not in China during the Tiananmen Square protests, Walz spoke at length about his past as a teacher and coach, saying, “I'm crazy sometimes.” said.
Pressed by the debate moderator to explain the discrepancy again, Walz said, “All I said about this was that I got there that summer and I made a mistake on this point.'' said.
“So I just do that — that's what I said. So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy movement, and I went there and learned from there what it takes to govern. “I learned a lot,” he said. continued.
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“I think the public recognizes this as just a lot of misinformation being spread, and it's important that we get the details out,” Walz said.
In a 2018 interview, Walz claimed he was carrying “weapons of war” while “at war,” but the Harris campaign said he “misspoke.”
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“In arguing why weapons of war should not be on our streets and in our classrooms, the governor misspoke. He actually handles weapons of war and is not trained to carry those deadly weapons. “I strongly believe that only service members who have received them should be able to get them, unlike Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, who prioritize the gun lobby over our children.” a spokesperson said in a statement.
