Tim Walz slammed for falsely claiming he and wife used IVF to conceive children

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate, can't seem to stop lying.

Not only has he blatantly lied about his military service, he was also caught lying about the way his children were conceived, saying on many occasions that he and his wife used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to have their children.

However, according to The Hill, Walz and his wife actually did not use IVF to conceive their children, instead using another type of fertility treatment called intrauterine insemination treatments (IUI).

Walz's wife spilled the beans in a recent interview with Glamour, as she described how it was thanks to IUI that she was able to have her two kids.

The Minnesota governor was widely criticized for claiming they used IVF instead of IUI, with many noting that he was simply lying in order to try to relate to the controversy surrounding recent developments in Alabama that banned IVF treatments.

Former President Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, slammed Walz for telling such a ridiculous tale.

"Today it came out that Tim Walz had lied about having a family via IVF. Who lies about something like that?" Vance wrote on X.

Today it came out that Tim Walz had lied about having a family via IVF. Who lies about something like that? https://t.co/gKwUwgxHCD

— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 20, 2024

Even CNN's Jake Tapper called out Walz for the false information.

"That’s not accurate, right? I mean, it wasn’t IVF. It was a different procedure, and his wife, Gwen Walz, the first lady of Minnesota’s, taking care to tell CNN that they actually used the procedure called intrauterine insemination," Tapper said during his show.

The Hill noted:

IVF includes inseminating an egg cell outside of the body before implanting the embryo in the uterus. IUI involves inseminating healthy sperm cells directly in the uterus, closer to the egg cells, to help boost chances of fertilization.

While the White House and the Harris campaign defended Walz, the last controversy they needed was the need to do damage control after another one of Walz's blatant lies.

Reproductive rights are expected to be a major issue in November at the voting booth.

With several months left until then, there's no telling what else Walz will lie about.