NewsNation political contributor and Democrat A. Scott Bolden acknowledged Wednesday that he was disappointed in Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's response to his false claim that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen massacre.
When Walz was asked about CNN's disagreement during Tuesday's vice presidential debate, reportedhe couldn't cope with it at first. Bolden told “NewsNation Now” that Walz's response was extremely “tortureful,” noting Walz's reluctance to criticize Democrats, which was “painful” to hear. said. (Related: 'Witness Protection': Media-friendly Tim Walz has disappeared from the airwaves since joining Harris Ticket)
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“With me [NewsNation political contributor] Sean [Spicer] There is one thing I can agree with. That must have been the most painful answer for the candidate…the first thing he had to say was the last thing he said. He said this long curse. As a Democrat, I hate to say this, but hearing that answer broke my heart,” Bolden said with a laugh.
Walz acknowledged his imperfections during the debate, but touted his accomplishments in Congress when answering the first question.
“I've tried to be the best I can be, but I've never been perfect. Sometimes I've got a crooked finger, but it's always been about them. Those same people made me 12 Elected to Congress a year ago, I was one of the most bipartisan in Congress working on things like the farm bill and working on veterans' benefits,'' Walz said during the debate, adding at times: He gets “caught up in the rhetoric.”
When faced with additional questions from the host, Walz responded: So I do, just that's what I said. So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy movement. [inaudible]From there, I learned a lot about what governance entails. ”
The governor also lied about his military rank and claimed to have carried a weapon “during the war,” even though he left the battalion before deploying to Iraq in 2005.
Spicer claimed that Walz's falsehoods about being in Hong Kong at the time of the Tiananmen massacre were part of a pattern of “lies.”
“But what Tim Walz is doing is lying. He was lying about his military career. He's lying about awards he didn't receive. And in this case, he's lying about his military career. “He lied that he was there… How could he be mistaken about not being in Tiananmen Square when that historic event happened? He lied about that,” Spicer said. “He didn't misspoke, he didn't say anything wrong, he didn't have bad grammar. He lied. He didn't say anything wrong, he didn't say anything wrong, he didn't have bad grammar. He lied for decades when that historic event happened. He keeps telling people that he was in Tiananmen Square.
“And when the photo came out proving he wasn't there, he gave a two-minute word salad of, 'Yeah, sometimes I say things wrong.' You are not a fist, you are a liar,” he added.
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