Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dodged questions about his history of making misstatements about his biography, saying the American people didn’t care compared to the threat posed by former President Donald Trump.
Walz stumbled explaining his rhetoric during the vice presidential debate, describing himself as a “fool” to excuse his habit of exaggerating or misrepresenting details about his life.
Walz dismissed a question on Fox News Sunday with host Shannon Bream about his habit, but argued that voters didn’t care.
“I think you heard me, you heard me the other night talking about gun violence and speech errors and I have to be honest with you, Shannon, I don’t think people care if I demanded IUI or IVF when I talk about this,” said. .
Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz
Walz repeatedly returned the question about the threat former President Donald Trump posed to the country on issues of abortion, honoring the military and whether he lost the 2020 presidential election.
“I think people know who I am, my constituents here in Minnesota have elected me eight times, they know where I am and I’m proud to be on the ticket and we will deliver just as we have in Minnesota,” he said. saying.
Walz has been caught exaggerating details about his political history, including repeatedly misstating his military rank in the National Guard, falsely claiming to carry a “weapon of war” in a war zone, and downplaying details of the changing story about his arrest for driving under the influence in 1995.
Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (C) greets supporters at a campaign rally.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Talks Vice Presidential Debate on Fox News Sunday
Walz also repeatedly lied about him and his wife using in vitro fertilization to conceive their children when in fact they used the intrauterine insemination process.
The Minnesota governor also came under fire during the vice presidential debate for repeatedly claiming he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, when in fact he did not arrive in China until the protests ended.
When asked to explain the discrepancy, Walz dodged the question to focus on his biography and his trip to China, but when pressed by moderators, he responded: “All I said about this was that I got there that summer and I was wrong when regard”. so I’ll do it, that’s what I said.’
