Tim Walz says he misspoke when he claimed he was in China during Tiananmen Square massacre

CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan questioned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about a past claim that he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Walz reportedly didn't travel to Asia until August 1989, while the incident took place in the spring. Walz ended his response by saying he "got there that summer and misspoke on this."

[Youcomeasuare]

He didn't misspeak, he outright lied!

[ghill]

“Misspoke” is the new term for “I lied.”

[dukecallaway]

The most dangerous person to avoid is a liar. How can you trust someone is isn't being honest with himself?

[papat]

Walz and Harris decided that if asked a question they didn't want to answer, just go into this story about how they grew up in a middle-class family.

[sugakookie]

Wow, Tim doesn’t answer questions like Kamala doesn’t answer questions…you weren’t in Hong Kong, ” let me just say I grew up in a middle class family “

[scottswineford]

Avoidance and deflection. The Harris Walz verbal dance

[downtimestars]

Shouldn't that be "Tim Walz EVENTUALLY says he misspoke?" It took him about five minutes to get there from talking about Nebraska.

[AwkwardTruths]

Misspoke means to speak unclearly. Tim Walz clearly claimed that he was in China when he was actually in Nebraska. Then he clearly claimed he was in Hong Kong on June 4, 1989 -- he was not.

[wenzhang]

You could've answerred "Yes, I lied about it". Then go on about your other things.

[twngrl]

Ok You didn't "Misspeak", , , You LIED. We the people in the U.S. are not stupid.

[daveh]

I thought he was about to say he grew up in a middle class family🤣🤣🤣

[iamswright]

Caught in a lie and danced all over the subject like a politician would. 👎

[navyhmc]

"Misspoke" Liberalese for I didn't think that they would fact check me.... Though, I was impressed that he could convert to Kamala word salad in half a heart beat. The fact remains, he lied.

[NightDragon]

How the hell can you say you "misspoke" when you claim you were halfway around the world from where you actually were at the time??? That's like me saying I was on the moon when I was actually at school that day!

[kickinrocks]

"We caught you in a lie."
"Hey im one of you! #smalltown"

[rhettsycoplando]

Hes essentially tourched himself to bits on this.

He got caught lying then rambles for two minutes about "riding your bike until the street lights came on"

Insane

[blove]

Was disappointed that we didn’t get this question….” why do you think there should be tampons in boys restrooms?”

[churblefurbles]

This is Harri's comfort animal because he makes it clear she's not incompetent alone.

[jet]

How many times should mis-speaking be accepted? He seems to do that a lot. The problem is that they are not minor inaccuracies.

[neatoketo]

Notice how Tim said "folks" every chance he got? He's just a regular guy...one of us! So corny and fake. Why would we settle for a self-proclaimed knuckle head when we can have the brilliant inciteful JD Vance?