Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has admitted to "misspeaking" at the recently held vice presidential debate. 

Walz did so during a rare interview with the Fox News Channel.

Since becoming the Democratic Party's presidential ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz, her running mate, have largely avoided the press.

With the 2024 presidential election in sight, however, it appears that they are trying to change the perception that are unwilling or unable to speak to the American people through the press.

Background

In case you missed it, Walz made several serious errors during the recently held vice presidential debate, where he went up against U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), former President Donald Trump's running mate.

According to the New York Post, Walz, for example, said, "I've become friends with school shooters." This was likely the biggest error of the evening for Walz.

The consensus seems to be that, errors or no errors, Walz lost the debate to Vance.

The other consensus, however, is that neither candidate did much to sway voters - particularly undecided voters.

This is probably not that surprising unsurprising given just how polarized the country has become.

Walz confesses

On Sunday, Walz made an appearance on the Fox News Channel's Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream. There, Walz was confronted about some of his errors during the debate.

The Post reports:

When confronted about his various fibs ranging from being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre to his wife’s reproductive assistance and more, Walz argued that sometimes he gets tripped up by his passion.

Regarding the "I've become friends with school shooters," line, Walz said, "I think they heard me the other night speaking passionately about gun violence and misspeaking."

In this regard, Vance was Walz's perfect foil. The senator was able to passionately and eloquently put forth the Trump campaign's platform without making egregious errors. Speaking of which, here is how Walz handled the false claim that he and his wife used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to have children:

I don’t think people care whether I used IUI or IVF when we talk about this. What they understand is Donald Trump would resist those things. I will own up when I misspeak. I will own up when I make a mistake.

It is debatable whether Walz owned up to his mistakes during the Fox interview. He did a lot of deflecting. One thing that has to be said in Walz's favor, however, is that he was willing to make an appearance on Fox for an interview - something that Harris has refused to do.