自从副总统辩论后首次公开露面以来，蒂姆·沃尔茨试图澄清他在1989年关于访问中国和香港时所说的一些含糊其词的言论。在那次辩论中，沃尔茨承认，在2014年他曾误述过一次，在那场时间跨度为4月至6月、发生在天安门广场的民主抗议活动期间，他位于中国大陆内地的表述是错误的。
然而，在做出这个让步之后，他又重申了之前的错误说法：“所以，我在香港和中国参与了民主示威活动，随后进行了访问，并从中学到了许多关于治理所需的知识。”但根据1989年5月《联盟时报-赫尔德》的一篇新闻报道，当时的中士沃尔茨在美国国内，并参观了内布拉斯加州国民警卫队的一个军械库。另一份内布拉斯加州报纸的新闻广播则在同年8月提到，沃尔茨表示他将在周日启程前往中国，这是在抗议活动发生之后的时间点。
回应CBS新闻网在宾夕法尼亚州中堪利夫利亚的提问时，沃尔茨纠正了自己的说法，并承认日期信息有误，同时强调自己说话时需要更清晰明确：“所以，请澄清我的信息——89年8月至香港再到中国。”这位明尼苏达州长经常发言迅速，语言精炼。沃尔茨还对在辩论中提到过的错误陈述进行了澄清。当时他声称与枪击案的射手是朋友，并表示尽管有这个失误，但很明显他一直支持学校枪击事件的受害者，并努力通过立法来减少这类暴力。
在周二晚上的那场辩论后，沃尔茨在宾夕法尼亚州尤克郡举行的一次集会上强调了自己的表现。“谁还记得30年前自己在哪里？”来自匹兹堡的乔安·纳吉问。“任何人都可能犯错。”李斯·福特回答说，并补充道：“你上次听过唐纳德·特朗普或他的副手纠正自己的错误吗？”
当沃尔茨和他的竞选伙伴哈里斯驾驶他们的竞选巴士抵达现场，面对约2000人的群众时，他更深入地分析了辩论的表现：“昨晚你们看了辩论吗？作为足球教练还不错吧？”随后他接着说：“现在，请了解这个原因——迈克·彭斯没有和我同台。”沃尔茨补充道，“我在国会与他共事。我们在大多数问题上意见不合，但在国会及担任副总统时，我没有质疑过迈克·彭斯的道德立场和对国家的承诺，他履行了宪法责任，恪守誓言，选择了宪法而非唐纳德·特朗普。”
沃尔茨接着提到，范·恩瑟在2020年总统选举中拒绝屈从于特朗普的压力，选择不确认选举结果。沃尔茨认为，“如果有人要求成为副总统，他们不应拥有如此行为。” 范·恩瑟表示今年的选举结果将不同，沃尔茨称这“应该让所有人无法接受”。
在这次辩论期间，《CBS晚间新闻》主持人诺拉·奥唐奈指出范·恩瑟声称不会确认过去总统大选的结果，并提出反问：“如果每州都确认了今年的选举结果，你是否还会寻求质疑这次选举？” 范·恩瑟没有直接回答这个问题，只是说他相信应该讨论和辩论存在问题的2020年选举议题。
新闻来源：www.cbsnews.com
原文地址：Tim Walz says he had his dates wrong, admits he didn’t travel to China until August 1989
新闻日期：2024-10-02
原文摘要：
At his first campaign stop since the vice presidential debate, Tim Walz sought to clarify comments he has made about his travel to China and Hong Kong in 1989 as bloody pro-democracy protests took place. Walz admitted during the debate that he had previously misspoken in 2014 when he said he was in mainland China between April and June 1989, during the Tiananmen Square protests, which took place between April 15 and June 4 of that year. After that concession, however, Walz repeated the mistatement, saying, "So, I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protests, went in, and from that I learned a lot of what needed to be in governance."Butan Alliance Times-Herald news report from May 1989 shows then-Staff Sgt. Walz was in the U.S. and toured a Nebraska Army National Guard armory. A news radio station also reported in another Nebraska newspaper in August 1989 that Walz said he would "leave Sunday en route to China," which was after the protests. Responding to a question about his remarks from CBS News in Middleville, Pennsylvania, Walz corrected himself and admitted he had his dates wrong, adding that he needs to be clearer when he speaks. "So, my clarity, to take away from the message, is something I want to be very clear — August of '89 into Hong Kong, into China," said the Minnesota governor, who often talks fast and in shorthand.Walz also clarified a verbal misstatement from the debate, when he said he was friends with school shooters. The moment was quickly seized upon by Republicans and former President Donald Trump, who posted on Truth Social about it. Walz, a former teacher and football coach, said that although he misspoke, it is "pretty damn clear" that he has stood with school shooting victims and passed legislation in an effort to curb such violence. In the same conversation at the debate on Tuesday night, Walz mentioned that his teenage son, Gus, was a witness to a shooting. On the campaign trail, Walz often says that even though he supports the Second Amendment, he doesn't think that should allow children to be shot dead in the hallways. Walz's rally Wednesday in York, Pennsylvania, was filled with supporters who defended him. "Who can remember where they were 30 years ago?" Joan Nagy, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania asked. "Anybody can make a mistake," Les Ford said, adding, "When's the last time you heard Donald Trump or his running mate correct themselves?"After rolling into the rally on the Harris-Walz campaign bus to address a crowd of around 2,000, Walz leaned in further on his debate performance."Anybody watch the debate last night? Not bad for a football coach, huh?," he quipped. "Now, look, there is a reason Mike Pence was not on that stage with me," he said. Walz added, "I served with Mike Pence in Congress. We disagreed on most issues, but in Congress and as a vice president, I never criticized Mike Pence's ethics and commitment to this country, Walz said. "And he made the decision for the Constitution. Mike Pence did his duty. He honored his oath, and he chose the Constitution over Donald Trump," Walz said. "Senator Vance made it clear he will always make a different choice than Mike Pence made," Walz said, referring to Pence's refusal to give in to pressure by Trump to not certify the 2020 presidential election. Vance has said that he wouldn't have certified the election, as Pence had, which Walz said "should be absolutely disqualifying if you're asking to be the vice president of the United States."During their debate, "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell noted that Vance has said he wouldn't have certified the last presidential election and would have asked the states to submit alternative electors, and she asked, "Would you again seek to challenge this year's election results, even if every governor certifies the results?"Vance did not directly answer, saying only, "What President Trump has said is that there were problems in 2020 and my own belief is we should fight about those issues, debate those issues peacefully in the public square."
