Democratic vice presidential pick, Tim Walz offered a strange justification for making false claims about military service and family fertility issues, stating he won’t apologise for ‘expressing himself passionately.’
In a recent joint interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, Walz was questioned by CNN’s Dana Bash about his 2018 claim of carrying a weapon 'in war.’ Additionally, Walz was also quizzed for his statement that he and his wife used in vitro fertilisation to conceive their children, a claim that later turned out to be inaccurate.
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Tim Walz responds to ‘carrying war weapon’ claims
On August 29, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, appeared for a highly anticipated CNN interview. During the interview, Walz was questioned about past statements, including a 2018 video where he discussed gun violence and mentioned 'weapons of war' that he ‘carried in war.’
“I think people are coming to get to know me. I speak like they do. I speak candidly. I wear my emotions on my sleeves,” Walz said. “I speak especially passionately about our children being shot in schools and around guns.”
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Bash challenged Walz by pointing out that a spokesperson for his campaign had already admitted that he “misspoke” about carrying a weapon in war. Trump's running mate, JD Vance, took a...
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