My grammar's not always correct: Tim Walz admits he misspoke about being in war

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the running mate of Kamala Harris for the US presidential election, admitted that he misspoke about participating in a war. Walz clarified his claims, including an old video in which he claimed to have carried weapons in war, stating his grammar is not always correct.

However, he defended his career in the Army Guard during an interview with CNN on Thursday (US local time), saying, “the record speaks for itself,” as he sought to dismiss Republican charges against him regarding his military service.

Walz could be heard saying in a 2018 video clip that the Harris-Walz campaign previously circulated, “We can make sure that those weapons of war that I carried in war are the only place where those weapons are at.”

Although Walz served 24 years in the Army Guard, he was never in a combat zone.

When CNN's Dana Bash's specifically asked whether he misspoke about his participation in the war, Walz said, “My wife, the English teacher, told me my grammar’s not always correct".

Further, in the interview along with Kamala Harris, where Walz remained largely silent, he said he was “incredibly proud” of his Guard service.

“My record speaks for itself, but I think people are coming to get to know me. I speak like they do. I speak candidly, I wear my emotions on my sleeves, and I speak especially passionately about our children being shot in schools ... I think people know me. They know who I am. They know where my heart is," the Minnesota Governor said.

He stressed, “One thing I’ll never do is, I’ll never demean another member’s service in any way. I never have. And I never will".

The Harris campaign also recently acknowledged that Walz "misspoke" during a 2018 campaign event when he said he handled assault weapons "in war".

Donald Trump's campaign has been targeting Walz, questioning his service in the Army. Earlier this month, Trump's running mate, JD Vance, accused Walz of evading deployment to Iraq by retiring from the Army Guard to run for Congress in 2005. Vance, who served in the Marine Corps, accused Walz of "stolen valour".

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