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Tim Walz has a problem with telling the truth. He lied about his military service, his record as governor, and his lack of immediate response to the George Floyd riots. He’s had several other “lapses” in truth-telling that should raise eyebrows among the media “gatekeepers’ who never quite get around to fact-checking “America’s dad.”
Oneofthebiggestfibshe’srepeatedseveraltimeswashiscontentionthathewasinHongKongduringthemassacreinTiananmenSquarein1989.“IwasinHongKongonJune4,1989,when,ofcourse,TiananmenSquarehappened,”WalzsaidinaJune2019radiointerviewuncoveredbyCNNonTuesday.
Walzcouldhavestoppedthere,andmostofusmighthavejustacceptedthathegotthedateswrong.Instead,hejustkeptdigging.
“Twentyyearsagotoday,IwasinHongKongpreparingtogotoFoshantoteachatFoshanNo.1MiddleSchool,”hesaidduringacongressionalhearingonJune4,2009.“TowatchwhathappenedattheendofthedayonJune4wassomethingthatmanyofuswillneverforget,wepledgetoneverforget,andbearingwitnessandaccuratetelling
