Speaking to ABC News back in early October, Minnesota Governor and 2024 Kamala Harris running mate Tim Walz had a bit of a meltdown moment when he was pressed on his misstatement, rambling about being more “careful” with his words. VP Harris had told him to be more “careful” with his language after he said he was “friends” with school shooters during the vice presidential debate.
During the early October Vice Presidential debate, Gov. Walz infamously said, “I sat in that office with those Sandy Hook parents. I’ve become friends with school shooters. I’ve seen it.” As might be expected, he was torched over those comments, with many saying it was utterly ridiculous for him to have said such a thing.
So, he was pressed about that when he appeared on ABC News with Michael Strahan, with the host asking him about his misstatement and Walz crumbling. Doing so, Walz blamed his “passion” about issues for his many cringe-inducing, very unfortunate, often outright false, statements about issues about which Americans care.
Doing that, Gov. Walz said, returning to the issue of school shootings and Sandy Hook, “I did it even the other day of just, uh, speaking passionately about these gun violence situations and meeting with these survivors. I’ve sat in the room with the Sandy Hook folks. I’m a friend with David Hogg, who’s been an activist on this.”
Continuing with his stumbling and crumbling remarks, Walz said, “It’s very clear that I wear, you know … I wear my emotions on my sleeve.” He added that he needs to be “careful,” saying, “I do think in these positions, whether it be governor or being vice president of the United States, uh, you do need to be collect, careful. You do need to be a little more, uh, thoughtful on it.”
And, referring again to the matter of being passionate and careful, which VP Harris allegedly told him he needs to be after his extremely unfortunate comments. He told Strahan, on that matter, “I speak passionately, and I think doing that, you need to combine the two, and I think that’s what [Harris] is referring to.”
Strahan then, to his credit, pressed the governor on whether he can be trusted by voters after the many lies and misstatements. He said, noting that trust is a big concern people have when it comes to Walz, “It’s one of the things about trust. Some people who say we can’t trust him even to tell the truth about himself.”
Walz didn’t really address the question, instead saying that voters know him. He said, “Well, I said they know who I am. I know who I am. I know the work that I’ve done.” Continuing, he added, referencing his untrue statement about being in China for the Tiananmen Square protest, “I know that things get spun in a political environment, but I think what they see is, if they want to compare that talking about immigration policy or seeing the things Donald Trump would say, I think there’s a big difference than, uh, than missing a date when you were there and, again, spinning something for a political reason.”
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