{"id":2348104,"date":"2024-10-01T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walzs-china-stories-begin-to-unravel-as-harris-campaign-scrambles-to-explain-why\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T14:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:54:52","slug":"walzs-china-stories-begin-to-unravel-as-harris-campaign-scrambles-to-explain-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walzs-china-stories-begin-to-unravel-as-harris-campaign-scrambles-to-explain-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz\u2019s China Stories Begin to Unravel, as Harris Campaign Scrambles to Explain Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwalzs-china-stories-begin-to-unravel-as-harris-campaign-scrambles-to-explain-why%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2348104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic\u2064 vice\u200b presidential candidate, Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, has faced scrutiny regarding his claims about his experiences in China, particularly his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-information-points-to-obama-being-present-at-time-of-former-chefs-death-investigation\/\" title=\"New evidence suggests Obama&#039;s presence during former chef&#039;s death probe.\">alleged\u2063 presence<\/a> during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. \u2063Although Walz has stated he was \u200bin Hong Kong at the\u2063 time, new evidence indicates he \u200dwas actually in\u200d Nebraska, participating in a National Guard activity. Reports suggest he \u2064intended to travel to China later that year to teach\u2064 but had \u200bmade several exaggerated claims about his time and connections in China, including the frequency \u2063of \u200chis visits. Critics have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-deletes-president-trumps-tweets-threatens-permanent-suspension\/\" title=\"Twitter deletes President Trump\u2019s tweets, threatens permanent suspension\">called attention<\/a> \u2063to inconsistencies in his statements, questioning his credibility as a candidate. This scrutiny follows previous controversies regarding Walz&#8217;s record and experiences in the\u200d National Guard.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has made yet another trip to the Great Wall of Exaggeration in describing his visits to China, according to new reports.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/01\/politics\/tim-walz-china-tiananmen-square\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, ever since 2014, Walz has been claiming he was in Asia on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese government launched the brutal crackdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-independence-square-transforms-into-makeshift-national-cemetery-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ukraine\u2019s Independence Square transforms into makeshift national cemetery - Washington Examiner\">pro-democracy protesters gathered<\/a> in Tiananmen Square.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a young man, I was just going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-education-department-promotes-course-on-dismantling-racism-in-math\/\" title=\"Oregon Education Department Promotes Course on \u2018Dismantling Racism in Math\u2019\">teach high school<\/a> in Foshan in Guangdong, and was in Hong Kong in May of &rsquo;89,&rdquo; he said then. &ldquo;And as the events were unfolding, several of us went in. And I still remember the train station in Hong Kong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1qj61uh000d3b6mtgkmaepd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">&ldquo;The opportunity to be in a Chinese high school at that critical time seemed to me to be really important. And it was a very interesting summer to say the least. Because if you recall, as we moved in that summer and further on and the news blackouts and things that went on, you certainly can&rsquo;t black out news from people if they want to get it,&rdquo; he said then.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/tim-walz-said-he-was-in-hong-kong-during-the-tiananmen-square-massacre-he-was-home-in-nebraska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a> found that on May 16, 1989, the Nebraska-based Alliance Times-Herald showed a photo of Walz touring a Nebraska National Guard storeroom.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Another newspaper account reported by the Free Beacon says Walz would be heading for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-oversight-committee-issues-subpoena-whistleblower-steps-forward-info-tim-walz-chinese-communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> in August of 1989, not the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/episode\/2024\/09\/30\/a-deeper-look-at-walzs-china-ties-ahead-of-tuesdays-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Public Radio<\/a>, a report on Walz&rsquo;s China connections that supported his close connections with China said a report it found from mid-August of 1989 said he was leaving for China where he would teach as part of a program called WorldTeach &ldquo;in a few days.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Walz was so proud of his experience in China when he was a Congressman that, occasionally, he even appears to have exaggerated it, like when he commemorated the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 1989,&rdquo; MPR wrote, also writing, &ldquo;Walz also appears to have exaggerated the number of times he has been to China.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I lived in China. And as I said, I&rsquo;ve been there about 30 times,&rdquo; MPR quoted Walz as saying.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tiananmen Tim!<\/p>\n<p>Funny they&rsquo;re changing this now &ndash; we were planning on calling him out for this at the debate tomorrow night!<\/p>\n<p>Anything else you want to fess up to, Tim??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NCHJyxd7n8\">https:\/\/t.co\/NCHJyxd7n8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonMillerinDC\/status\/1840774418361921812?\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The report then goes on to note that between 1989 and 2016, when Walz spoke of making 30 visits to China, he would have had to have gone there more than once a year.<\/p>\n<p>MPR found no official visits during Walz&rsquo;s time in Congress, which began in 2007 when he took office and ended in 2018 when he was elected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-caught-sinister-lie-regarding-conception-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota&rsquo;s governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So the Harris-Walz campaign was asked to explain.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And after weeks of searching, a spokesman confirmed that Walz traveled from the US to China closer to 15 times,&rdquo; the MPR report said.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported that it also asked some questions<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When asked by CNN if Walz was in China during the Tiananmen Square protests, the Harris campaign was unable to provide evidence to substantiate Walz&rsquo;s claim,&rdquo; it wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The question of Walz&rsquo;s China claims put a new focus on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-campaign-quietly-changes-website-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal-intensifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">credibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the Harris campaign had to walk back comments Walz made that he handled weapons in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-drops-bomb-tim-walz-completely-dismantles-military-betrayal-ever-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war<\/a>, as noted by CNN. Walz has also been accused of embellishing his record in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-vance-quips-walz-finally-getting-combat-zone-experience-chicago-dnc-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Guard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/walz-praised-chinese-communism-as-a-system-where-everyone-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Beacon<\/a> noted that Walz, in his teaching days, was a booster of Chinese communism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It means that everyone is the same and everyone s,&rdquo; Walz taught in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The doctor and the construction worker make the same. The Chinese government and the place they work for provide housing and 14 kg or about 30 pounds of rice per month. 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Tim Walz of Minnesota has once again been accused of exaggerating his experiences in China, as reported by CNN. Since 2014, he has claimed to have been in Asia on June 4, 1989, during the Chinese government&#8217;s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square. He stated that he was teaching high school in Foshan and was in Hong Kong that May. However, the Washington Free Beacon revealed evidence showing that on May 16, 1989, Walz was actually touring a Nebraska National Guard storeroom. Other reports indicated he planned to travel to China later that summer for a teaching program called WorldTeach. Minnesota Public Radio noted instances where Walz appeared to exaggerate both his time spent in China and the number of visits he made there\u2014claiming around 30 trips when records show closer to 15 during his congressional tenure from 2007 to 2018. The Harris-Walz campaign struggled to provide proof for his claims regarding being present during the Tiananmen Square protests and faced scrutiny over previous statements about handling weapons in war and embellishing his National Guard record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2348106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/these-two-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42096,35844,33117,27318],"class_list":["post-2348104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china-stories","tag-harris-campaign","tag-political-scandal","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/these-two-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}