To many, Democratic VP hopeful Tim Walz’s use of the word ‘misspoke’ came across as an attempt to weasel out of what was at best an embellishment and at worst an outright lie. During the September 24 debate, Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz said he “misspoke” when asked to clarify his story of being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square crackdown in June 1989.