Minnesota Gov. Tim 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.

The Minnesota governor said he "misspoke" on the longstanding claim during the vice presidential debate Tuesday.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), pressed at the vice presidential debate over false statements he made in which he said he was present during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, said: “I’m a knucklehead at times.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has corrected a statement regarding whether he was present at the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre during 1989.