{"id":2348462,"date":"2024-10-02T01:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T05:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tim-walz-scrambles-visibly-shaken-after-moderator-presses-him-on-china-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T01:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T05:27:00","slug":"watch-tim-walz-scrambles-visibly-shaken-after-moderator-presses-him-on-china-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tim-walz-scrambles-visibly-shaken-after-moderator-presses-him-on-china-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Tim Walz Scrambles, Visibly Shaken After Moderator Presses Him on China Controversy"},"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%2Fwatch-tim-walz-scrambles-visibly-shaken-after-moderator-presses-him-on-china-controversy%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=2348462&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>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-on-guns-ive-become-friends-with-school-shooters\/\" title=\"Tim Walz On Guns: \u2018I\u2019ve Become Friends With School Shooters\u2019\">recent vice-presidential debate<\/a>, Tim Walz faced scrutiny over claims \u2064he\u200b made regarding his presence in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. \u200bCritics have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-no-it-isnt-easier-to-buy-a-gun-than-vote-but-it-should-be\/\" title=\"WALSH: No, It Isn\u2019t Easier To Buy A Gun Than Vote. But It Should Be.\u00a0\">previously fact-checked<\/a> \u200dhis assertion, which \u2063Walz reiterated in \u2064various instances, including a podcast\u200d earlier\u200c this year. Although he claimed he was in Hong Kong at the time, further investigation revealed\u200d that he did not actually arrive in China until\u2062 August 1989, after the protests had ended.<\/p>\n<p>When confronted\u2062 about this discrepancy during the debate, Walz struggled\u2062 to provide \u2063a \u2064clear answer and resorted to \u2064discussing his\u2064 upbringing in Nebraska and military service, failing to address the\u200d question\u200b directly. His\u2063 evasive response drew mockery \u2064online, with many commentators labeling him as a &#8220;knucklehead&#8221; for his inability to own up to his inaccuracies.\u200d The exchange has raised concerns about Walz&#8217;s credibility, particularly as it\u200b builds on \u2062a pattern of\u2063 exaggeration in his personal \u200dhistory\u200b that critics argue undermines his authenticity.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of all the possible lies about his past that Gov. Tim Walz could have been confronted about by moderators during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">vice presidential debate<\/a> on Tuesday night, the weakest was possibly that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, he still didn&rsquo;t have an answer for it &mdash; acting every bit like a wide-eyed, panicked Don Rickles without the jokes, suddenly finding himself on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-confronts-moderators-repeatedly-break-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vice-presidential debate stage<\/a> without the slightest hint of why he was there.<\/p>\n<p>As Trending Politics&rsquo; Colin Rugg noted on X, &ldquo;Walz has claimed on multiple occasions that he was in Hong Kong during the tragedy in Tiananmen Square in June 1989.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This one had been fact-checked pretty extensively before Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As recently as February, Mr. Walz said on a podcast that he had been in Hong Kong, then a British colony, &lsquo;on June 4 when Tiananmen happened,&rsquo; and decided to cross into mainland China to take up his teaching duties even though many people were urging him not to,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/us\/politics\/tim-walz-hong-kong-tiananmen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> (of all publications) noted.<\/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>&ldquo;It was not true. Mr. Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, indeed taught at a high school in China as part of a program sending American teachers abroad, but he did not actually travel to the country until August 1989,&rdquo; it added.<\/p>\n<p>Moderator Margaret Brennan explained the circumstances to the audience and then asked, &ldquo;Can you explain that discrepancy?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s never good when any answer to that question starts with the &ldquo;I grew up in small, rural Nebraska, town of 400&rdquo; bromide, but start with it Walz did.<\/p>\n<p>Walz then proceeded to stumble over himself, visibly uncomfortable, for two minutes, explaining how he &ldquo;rode his bike under the streetlights&rdquo; with his friends and joined the National Guard and something something something, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-black-widow\/\" title=\"REVIEW: \u2018Black Widow\u2019\">yadda yadda yadda<\/a>. You may have noticed none of this answers that question.<\/p>\n<p>He then finally got around to explaining that, as a teacher, yes, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/walzs-china-stories-begin-unravel-harris-campaign-scrambles-explain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did travel to China<\/a>, but after the Tiananmen Square protests.<\/p>\n<p>He eventually got around to explaining, long into this shaggy-dog evasion, that sometimes he gets &ldquo;caught up in the rhetoric&rdquo; and that he &ldquo;misspoke on this,&rdquo; adding that he was a &ldquo;knucklehead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Tim Walz turns into a stumbling mess, calls himself a &lsquo;knucklehead&rsquo; after he was confronted about the lie that he was in Hong Kong in 1989 during Tiananmen.<\/p>\n<p>After going on a 2-minute rant about how good of a guy he is, Walz finally answered the question.<\/p>\n<p>Walz has&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rJ324rYytH\">pic.twitter.com\/rJ324rYytH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1841295280949301293?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, look, my community knows who I am,&rdquo; he said during his rambling answer:<\/p>\n<p>I don&rsquo;t know about his community, but America certainly does:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tim Walz is digging himself deeper and deeper.<\/p>\n<p>This is NOT going well for him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xbQoyGL69P\">pic.twitter.com\/xbQoyGL69P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1841292900283580446?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stolen Valor, Liar, tampons, Tim is done<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValentinaForUSA\/status\/1841295518233723117?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Walz is a perfect example of a politician caught in lies.<\/p>\n<p>Calling himself a &lsquo;knucklehead&rsquo; is just admitting he can&rsquo;t own up to the truth. It&rsquo;s pathetic!<\/p>\n<p>If you can&rsquo;t even remember your own history, how can you lead anyone?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John (@johnEiid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnEiid\/status\/1841295382116282546?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even the establishment media, in its polite way, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-leaves-tim-walz-alone-awkward-moment-debate-even-starts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Walz has&nbsp;exaggerated certain aspects of his background, and Republicans have tried to point to that as proof that he&rsquo;s not as authentic as the Harris campaign touts him to be,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/politics\/2024-election\/live-blog\/walz-vance-vice-presidential-debate-live-updates-rcna171510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC&rsquo;s<\/a> Clarissa-Jan Lim wrote in the live blow-by-blow of the debate on the network&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Walz stumbled over his response a bit, and him getting caught in yet another instance of overstating his experience is not great. Whether that line of criticism against him resonates with voters remains to be seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s lied about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-walz-stolen-valor-footage-posed-battlefield-warrior-national-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his military experience<\/a>. He&rsquo;s lied about his China experience, and he&rsquo;ll gladly lie about the candidate who picked him to be her running mate. No wonder he got the gig. It&rsquo;s too bad he&rsquo;s so awful when it comes to the actual <em>practice<\/em> of lying.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Tim Walz faced was his assertion that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Despite this being a relatively weak point, he struggled to provide a clear response, appearing flustered and unprepared for the situation. As noted by Colin Rugg from Trending Politics on X, Walz has repeatedly stated that he was in Hong Kong at the time of the protests. This claim had already been fact-checked extensively prior to the debate; The New York Times reported that while Walz did teach in China as part of an American teacher program, he didn&#8217;t arrive there until August 1989\u2014after the protests had occurred. When moderator Margaret Brennan asked him about this discrepancy, Walz began with an unrelated anecdote about his upbringing in rural Nebraska and then fumbled through a two-minute explanation without addressing her question directly. Eventually, he acknowledged that he &#8220;misspoke&#8221; and referred to himself as a &#8220;knucklehead.&#8221; His rambling response did little to reassure viewers or clarify his earlier statements about his past experiences. Even mainstream media outlets pointed out his exaggerations regarding his background and military service during their coverage of the debate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2348463,"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\/Tim-Walz-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42143,32603,36113],"class_list":["post-2348462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china-controversy","tag-political-news","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tim-Walz-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348462","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=2348462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}