Walz corrects itself to the false Hong Kong statement during Tiananmen protests
Walz corrects itself to the false Hong Kong statement during Tiananmen protests
The governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, admitted on Tuesday that he had been wrong when he previously claimed that he was in Hong Kong during the protests in Tiananmen Platz in China during the protests. However, he emphasized that he was actually in both Hong Kong and China during the pro-democratic protests.
discrepancies about his travels to China
These comments came during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday evening, after reports had appeared, contradicting Walz's earlier statements about his travels to China. Among other things, he had said that the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate was 1989 in Hong Kong,, to prepare for an apprenticeship, while the tiananmen-platz-platz-platz-platz, which took place with hundreds of Dead ended.
Walz defends itself
"My community knows who I am. You saw where I was," said Walz during the debate. "I will be the first to say that I put my heart into my community. I did my best, but I was not perfect and sometimes a Knucklehead. It was always about it. These people chose me to congress for 12 years."
When the moderators of CBS News specifically addressed the discrepancy between his previous statements and the media reports about his travels, Walz first said that he was wrong.
travel memories and historical contexts
"Everything I said is that I was there this summer and was wrong on this matter, so I just get - I said that," he continued. "I was in Hong Kong and China when the democracy protests took place. From that time I learned a lot about governance."
During his time as a teacher,Walz regularly organized trips to China before going to politics. In previous information, he claimed that he visited Hong Kong in "May ’89", a few weeks before the massacre on Tiananmen Platz. During a Congressionical Executive Commission on China in 2014, which honored the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen-Platz protests, Walz said that he remembered specific details of his trip to the region.
rolling and the controversy around Tiananmen
"As a young man, I wanted to teach at a high school in Foshan in Guangdong and was in Hong Kong in May ’89," he recalled. "And when the events developed, some of us went into it. I still remember the train station in Hong Kong."
Walz claimed in a RadioInterview in June 2019 that he was in Hong Kong on June 4, 1989, the day of the massacre on Tiananmen-Platz.
vigilance to historical memory
"I was in Hong Kong on June 4, 1989, of course, Tiananmen-Platz took place. And I was in China afterwards. It was very strange, because all external broadcasts were blocked-Voice of America-and of course there were no phones or emails. I was out of the world, so to speak. Walz.
The contradictions of Walz 'trips to China and Hong Kong are the latest case in which the governor's earlier statements have emerged as inaccurate since his nomination for democratic vice presidential candidates. The Republicans have started to emphasize Walz 'connections to China as the goal for further exams in the past few days. Jason Miller, a consultant of the Trump-BAMPAGNE said that he expects Vance Walz to attack China.
summary and outlook
The discrepancies about rolling 'travel and his stories about the events of 1989 raise questions about the accuracy of his statements and could lead to political consequences in the near future. This is done against the background of ongoing studies and debates on relationships between the USA and China.
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