What to know about Tim Walz’s views and policy record before the VP debate

Washington — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz went from relative obscurity to coining an attack line against Republicans and becoming Democrats’ vice presidential candidate within a number of weeks this summer.  His political career began in 2006, when he was elected to the House of Representatives from a conservative district bordering Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Walz Exaggerated Number of Trips to China Because He Was ‘So Proud of His Extensive Experience’: Report

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz “was so proud of his extensive experience” traveling to China that he “occasionally used to exaggerate it” by claiming to have visited the communist country twice as often as he actually did, Minnesota Public Radio reported on Monday. Walz went on around 15 trips to China in the 1990s and