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Walz misleadingly claims to have been in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit…
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By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Newly unearthed reports contradict previous claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his travel to China, including a claim that the Democratic vice presidential nominee was in Hong Kong for a teaching position in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy prote…
By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Newly unearthed reports contradict previous claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his travel to China, including a claim that the Democratic vice presidential nominee traveled to China for a teaching position in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy prot…
In 2014, then-Rep. Tim Walz regaled fellow members of Congress with a recollection of being in Hong Kong during the notorious Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 -- but contemporary local media coverage indicates he was actually safe and sound in his native Nebraska as the tanks rolled through Beijing…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D.) admitted that he wasn’t in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, saying he was a “knucklehead” who “misspoke” when he repeated the false claim for years.
Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit.
A focus group of voters were skeptical of Gov. Tim Walz's explanation for falsely claiming to have been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), pressed at the vice presidential debate on false statements he made in which he said he was present during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, said: “I’m a knucklehead at times.”
Gov. Tim Walz addressed criticism about his previous statement saying he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 in the vice presidential debate against Ohio Senator JD Vance.
Tim Walz conceded Tuesday night during the vice presidential debate that he “misspoke” in the past when he claimed that he was in Hong Kong during the crackdown in Tiananmen Square in which China’s military attacked and killed pro-democracy demonstrators.
Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the vice presidential running mate to Vice President Harris, admitted to lying about his presence in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, stating that he was a "knucklehead at times" but that his experience in China helped him appreciate democracy.
