Tim Walz Pressed on Calling Himself a ‘Knucklehead’ During Debate With Vance
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is facing questions about claims he has made in the past along with his debate performance against Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). Fox News anchor Shannon Bream sought to give Walz the opportunity to…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is facing questions about claims he has made in the past along with his debate performance against Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).
Fox News anchor Shannon Bream sought to give Walz the opportunity to clarify some of his misstatements during an interview Sunday.
“I want to give you a chance, because you called yourself a knucklehead this week, to talk about some of your misstatements,” Bream said.
She continued, “You’ve modified your story or explained that you misspoke about things involving your military rank, about carrying a weapon in war, your 1995 DUI arrest, using IVF to have your beautiful children, Gus and Hope, being in Hong Kong and China in the summer of 1989 during the Tiananmen events. A lot of people would say they couldn’t get away with saying, ‘I’m just too passionate. My grammar is not right. I’m a knucklehead.’ What do you say to the American people who think, ‘I don’t know that I can trust this guy with all those modifications to be the potential commander in chief of this country?'”
Walz replied, “I think they heard me the other night speaking passionately about gun violence and misspeaking. And I got to be honest with you, Shannon, I don’t think people care whether I used IUI or IVF when we talk about this. What they understand is Donald Trump would resist those things.”
Explaining he speaks “passionately,” the governor continued, “I had an entire career decades before I was in public office. They know and I’m very proud of my 24 years in service, and my record. I have never disparaged someone else in this, but I know that’s not what Donald Trump does. They disparage everyone, did personal attacks.”
He added, “I will own up when I misspeak. I will own up when I make a mistake. Let’s be very clear: On that debate stage The other night, I asked one very simple question, and Senator Vance would not acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. I think they’re probably far more concerned with that than my wife and I IUI to have our child, and that Donald Trump would restrict that.”