Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is now trying to claim that bad grammar is the cause of one of his biggest scandals - the stolen valor scandal. 

American Military News reports that Walz made the claim during the interview on Thursday.

This comes as Walz's record continues to face significant scrutiny, in light of the fact that he is Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

The interview was Harris's first interview in some 38 days, since becoming the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. Why was Walz there? The answer is unclear, but many have argued that it is because Harris needed a "security blanket."

Background

Before we get to Walz's latest excuse, we'll take a brief look at the scandal.

American Military News reports:

Walz has faced significant backlash over the past few weeks for falsely claiming that he retired from the U.S. Army National Guard as a command sergeant major, even though the National Guard confirmed that he was demoted to a master sergeant before his retirement because he did not finish the required coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. Walz also claimed to have carried weapons in war despite never having been deployed in a war zone during his time in the service.

This is why the scandal is being called the "stolen valor" scandal.

"Solen Valor," according to Stripes.com, "is a term applied to the phenomenon of people falsely claiming military awards or badges they did not earn, service they did not perform, Prisoner of War experiences that never happened, and other tales of military derring-do that exist only in their minds."

This does seem to be what Walz did.

Bad grammar?!

Walz did not say much during the interview. But, CNN host Dana Bash did ask him about the scandal, saying, "You said that you carried weapons in war, but you have never deployed actually in a war zone. A campaign official said that you misspoke. Did you?"

Walz began:

Well, first of all, I’m incredibly proud. I’ve done 24 years of wearing the uniform of my country. I’m equally proud of my service in a public school classroom, whether it’s in Congress or the governor.

Walz, as you can see, was not interested in answering the question. In fact, from here, he went on a tangent about gun violence and "children being shot in schools," before Bash tried to get him to answer the question.

Walz said:

In this case, this was after school shooting, the ideas of carrying these weapons of war. And my wife, the English teacher, told me my grammar is not always correct.

After that, Walz went on to claim that the stolen valor scandal is merely a political attack and that the "one thing" he'll never do is "demean another member’s service in any way. I never have and I never will." He never really did answer Bash's question.