Afterwards, Rotem claimed that he had misspoken, or that his remarks were misunderstood. Blumenthal denied having intentionally misled voters, but acknowledged having occasionally "misspoken" about his service record. Congressman Olson later told a reporter that he had misspoken when he made the claim. Wilson had to backtrack and said he may have "misspoken" on this. A spokesman later stated that she'd misspoken, but did not clarify her answer. In a similar vein, his name was often misspoken. The government responded to his comments by stating that he had "misspoken".