Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz admits he wasn’t in Asia when the Chinese government cracked down on Tiananmen Square protesters in 1989.
During Wednesday night’s debate against the Republican candidate, JD Vance, the moderators questioned a number of articles that cast doubt on the story.
– I am sometimes a bit of a mess, said Walz.
– I came there in the summer, but I must have said the wrong thing.
According to the American media CNN, Walz has previously told vividly that in May 1989 he visited China and Hong Kong, which was then British.
– I was in Hong Kong on June 4, 1989, where, as you know, Tiananmen Square (where several thousand pro-democracy protesters in China were killed, ed.) happened, Walz has previously said in an interview.
In the interview, Walz spoke in detail about his experience and how cut off the place was from the rest of the world.
– I was completely out of reach. It took me a month before I found out that the Berlin Wall had come down, he said.
But that is not correct, he admits on Wednesday night.
– The only thing I have said is that I came there in the summer and I have spoken a little wrong about this, so I just want to… That is what I have said, said Walz during the debate.
– I was in Hong Kong and China when the pro-democracy demonstrations took place. And I have learned a lot about governance from that, he said.
The debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance is the last of the big debates before Americans elect a new president on November 5.
The choice is between the current vice president, Kamala Harris, who is running for the Democrats, and former president Donald Trump, who is running for the Republicans.
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Source: www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk
