“What did you call it? A Weeble?” Francis Suarez, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, asked Hugh Hewitt in an interview Tuesday.
Miami Mayor and GOP presidential contender Francis Suarez took responsibility, but stopped short of apologizing, for failing to recognize the name of the Muslim minority group in western China, the Uyghurs, during an interview Tuesday—an embarrassing gaffe that raises questions about whether he is ready for the national stage.... [+]
Presidential Library on June 15, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. Suarez joined former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the third announced GOP candidate from Florida and the only Hispanic candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Suarez, when asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, about the predominantly Muslim minority group in western China that has been subject to what the U.S.
Returning to the question at the end of the interview, Suarez asked Hewitt “what did you call it, a Weeble?” Suarez said, referencing the popular 1970s children’s toy while laughing.that the fumble represented a “huge blind spot” for Suarez.: “Of course, I am well aware of the suffering of the Uyghurs in China . . . I didn’t recognize the pronunciation my friend Hugh Hewitt used.”The U.S.
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