Whitaker to Walz: ‘Isn’t That More Than Just Being a Knucklehead?’
“But I think it comes down to the question of whether—whether you can be trusted to tell the truth.”
60 Minutes’ Bill Whitaker did a decent job with his interviews with VP Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz.
Whitaker basically told Walz that calling himself a “knucklehead” for all the lies he said isn’t a good explanation:
Whatever it might be, Walz has been criticized for embellishing or telling outright falsehoods about his military record, and about his travels to Asia in the 1980s.
Bill Whitaker: In your debate with JD Vance, you said, “I’m a knucklehead (laugh) at times.” And I think you were referring to the time that you said that you were in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square unrest when you were not.
Gov. Tim Walz: Yeah.
Bill Whitaker: Is that kind of misrepresentation, isn’t that more than just being a knucklehead?
Gov. Tim Walz: I think folks know who I am. And I think they know the difference between someone expressing emotion, telling a story, getting a date wrong by–you–rather than a pathological liar like Donald Trump.
Bill Whitaker: But I think it comes down to the question of whether—whether you can be trusted to tell the truth.
Gov. Tim Walz: Yeah. Well– I can– I think I can. I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word.
“Is that kind of misrepresentation, isn't that more than just being a knucklehead?” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has faced criticism for making false claims about his travels to Asia in the 1980s. Walz brushed it off as being a “knucklehead” in the VP debate. https://t.co/zZONUCBaSI pic.twitter.com/XsxsKlpl0G
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 8, 2024
I wish Whitacker would have pressed more and listed all the times he’s lied.
Granted, the latter would have taken a long time!
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These wascawwy wabbit reporters can’t corner Tim.
It would help if they tried.
“I’m not a liar”. But, Trump is a liar. Walz has misrepresented himself and embellished his career and military service. He is not fit to lead.
“a pathological liar like Donald Trump.”
You’ll pardon us if we don’t take your word for that.
You have to give Whittaker some credit here and for his interview with Harris. He actually asked hard hitting questions and pushed back on the non-answers that he received.
Much different than the disgusting tongue bath that we’re used to seeing from the MSM.
Maybe the State -controlled press is having a LOT of second thoughts about having Mrs. Emhoff as president.
“getting a date wrong”
this walzpos would lie about his birthday if it would get him liked
the left is soooo use to the MommySurrogateMachine covering up for them
that they can speak “their truths” usually w/o fear of being questioned
and then when questioned its the
“right wing conspiracy” defense
then by the time a somewhat more truthful effort is made by msm
who cares
the communistsnazi voters will still vote for the che’s
its a cultural war
and either we win it fairly or they win it by cheating
maga!!!
So, what is the point of mentioning the proximity to the Tiananmen Square if not to buff some kind of bona fides (brag) and claim how affected you were by the events in question. If not so then you are just a braggart or a liar (or both) and have no more credo or special personal perspective than the rest of us watching from our cozy CNN perch. So, quoting my inner Bob Newhart…STOP IT!
This is not over a date. Tim knows full well whether he was in Tiananmen Square at the heat of the crisis, or months later.
He only took the life-changing call when he “got a call from a high-ranking aide” who “said, ‘Pick up your dang phone,’” he recalled.
Kimmel asked if Harris was now saved in his phone contacts to avoid further missed calls — with Walz revealing she was, albeit under a bizarre pseudonym.
When Kimmel pressed Walz about what name she’s under in his contacts, he candidly confessed: “My dry cleaner.”
“They told me to come up with something and that was all I could think of,” Walz said, shrugging.
Kimmel asked him what would happen if Walz’s actual dry cleaner needed to let him know his suit was ready.
“I didn’t think that far ahead,” he admitted.
Not “Pizza?”
“I will own up to being a knucklehead at times*”
*when I’m caught and need to deflect the truth…again (that I’m an outright fabricator)
Dude looks like Homer Simpson and John McCain’s love child …
I’ll betcha money his kid never “witnessed a shooting,” either.
It would have been easier to list the times Walz didn’t lie, but empty air doesn’t get ratings.
Walz: “I just got the date wrong. But Trump’s a pathological liar.
It’s not about getting the date wrong. Walz was not in Tiananmen Square during the protests. Walz was not in combat. Walz didn’t retire as a Command Sergeant Major. And on and on.
The fact is Walz is a pathological liar. But he calls somebody else a liar in an attempt to cover his own lies.
Walz: “The folks closest to me know that I keep my word. Of course that doesn’t count the men in my National Guard unit who were counting on me. I lied to them but later I joked about it saying I was a knucklehead. Ha ha.”
Yeah, pretty sure none of them have been “close to him” in years.