Tim Walz, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate, was not in Hong Kong or Asia during the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as he has said, Minnesota public radio reported this week, citing a photograph and a newspaper report from that time.


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Walz's claim that he was in China during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports

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Walz admits he was not in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests: ‘I misspoke’

Newly unearthed reports contradict previous claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his travel to China, including a claim that he traveled to China during the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.

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Tim Walz, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate, was not in Hong Kong or Asia during the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as he has said, Minnesota public radio reported this week, citing a photograph and a newspaper report from that time.

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Walz was in US, not Asia, during Tiananmen protests, Minnesota radio reports

Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part

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Walz misleadingly claims to have been in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre

Recent reports indicate that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz may not have been in China in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989, as he said.

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Walz may have been in Nebraska, not China, during Tiananmen Square protests: Reports

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said on Tuesday he “misspoke” when he previously said he’d visited Hong Kong in the spring of 1989 during protests in China’s Tiananmen Square but insisted he “was in Hong Kong and China” during the pro-democracy protests.

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Walz says he ‘misspoke’ after unearthed newspaper reports undercut claim he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests

Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit.

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Tim Walz misleadingly claims he was in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre

In 2014, then-Rep. Tim Walz regaled fellow members of Congress with a recollection of being in Hong Kong during the notorious Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 -- but contemporary local media coverage indicates he was actually safe and sound in his native Nebraska as the tanks rolled through Beijing.

Tim Walz repeatedly made false claims he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square massacre

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Tim Walz accused of lying about where he was during Tiananmen Square massacre

Newly unnearthed newspaper articles from 1989 called into question Walz's claims that he was in Hong Kong on June 4 of that year.

Walz was in US, not Asia, during Tiananmen protests, Minnesota radio reports

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