Klobuchar Doesn't Know the Name of Mexico's President

[wellst0nev0ter]

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Pretty disqualifying, I would say:

Link to tweet

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. There are many reasons why a candidate could be disqualified

but that isn't one of them.

[wellst0nev0ter]

3. I'll bet she knows the name

of the Canadian prime minister.

[apcalc]

31. Well, you can tell Amy is rising for this kind of stuff to be "disqualifying."

The competitors are “ concerned” about this major faux pas .

On a spectrum where 10 is totally disqualifying and 0 is not at all, this would be a 0.

[squirecam]

73. Right

Everyone has gaffes.

Pete forgot how to speak Spanish. Warren forgot that VP Biden was in the executive branch.

Focusing on this stuff rather than the issues means we have already lost as a party.

[still_one]

34. +++

[Warpy]

78. She drew a blank on the guy's name.

At least she's not campaigning on building a stupid wall on the border.

Brain farts happen. We've got worse problems to face than that.

[CTyankee]

92. I assume that is what it is, that she is on overload on the campaign trail.

Stress can do that to you. I don't think it will happen again. I think she probably has some helpers who advise her on de-stressing herself regularly (I don't mean with alcohol or drugs). I do hope there are natural strategies that can be used in such cases. (I personally would recommend swimming, if she has an indoor pool available...it's a great exercise, very de-stressing and not hard on the aging bones).

[Warpy]

109. Even I find Obrador forgettable

which is a shame considering his considerable successes as a reformer, something that country has needed badly.

I suppose it's because most foreign leaders get little press unless the Orange Twit writes a mean girl tweet about them.

[duforsure]

84. I agree

How many times has trump not known peoples names, countries and other important things, or just lies . Amy is very electable, especially over trump and the GOP. Anyone is better than trump or the GOP.

[MineralMan]

2. Well, I can forgive that, but not when you're appearing on Telemundo.

Before doing that, a quick course in Latin American leaders would be mandatory for me, anyhow. Frankly, I didn't know Obrador's name, either. I would have known it, though, before being on a TV show on Telemundo.

I hope she is embarrassed by this. She should be.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I agree; she should have been better-prepared.

Still, I wouldn't call it disqualifying, just an own-goal that shouldn't have happened and that she'll have to avoid repeating.

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. It shows that establishment dems

Don't care about actual progressive leaders across the borders. Instead they talk about Venezuela.

[wnylib]

39. Really? What is Warren doing on behalf of refugees

and asylum seekers in on the border?

It looked to me like she was tired and "off." As in the beginning, when she said, "first 100 years" then corrected herself.

I'm betting that she knew the name and had a lapse. Happens sometimes when people are harried in campaign season. Not the first or last candidate to slip up during a campaign. I remember some speaking gaffs that Hillary made in her appearances.

But this gaff will not endear her to Latin American voters. She will need to recover from it somehow to get their votes

[awesomerwb1]

71. Oh right. The "Establishment"

[MineralMan]

6. No, I wouldn't say it's disqualifying, but I don't see Amy

carrying on past Super Tuesday. She's already on that ballot, so why not let it go until March 4. I suspect, though, that after the South Caroline primary, it will be clear to her that there is no path to the nomination. I suspect she already knows that.

I still like her as a VP nominee, though. I think she'd be pretty much ideal for a moderate nominee to pick.

Given four or eight years as VP, and I think she'd be primed for becoming President. She's good, but just a little too provincial at this point, I believe. I think she needs more exposure to the broader national picture before running for President.

That's how I've felt all along, and I like her a great deal, indeed. She'd be the only presidential candidate I ever met on the way up.

[wnylib]

44. She would give some vigor to biden's campaign.

Biden is the most qualified for the job, but never has been a good campaigner. Klobuchar could help him.

Also, due to his age, I think Biden would serve only one term if elected. Amy could take over then.

We need some young people for the future of the nation

[MineralMan]

94. She'd bring a lot to anyone's general election campaign, i think.

Her recent improvement in polling results makes that even more clear. I think she will be carefully considered by anyone who gets the nomination except, perhaps Bernie Sanders.

[CentralMass]

7. Well, I imagine that these campaigns are pretty draining.

[jmg257]

8. I didn't think such a big deal, but she is on the Subcommittee for Border Security/Immigration??

Thought she might want - or need? -to know the name of the President whose country is one our borders.

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration includes:

Immigration, citizenship, and refugee laws
Oversight of the immigration functions of the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Ombudsman Citizenship and Immigration Services

Oversight of the immigration-related functions of the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, and the Department of Labor
Oversight of international migration, internally displaced persons, and refugee laws and policy
Private immigration relief bills.

[HarlanPepper]

9. That really makes me want to vote for Bernie.

[wellst0nev0ter]

13. The Mexican president is sort of like Bernie

At least in campaign mode

[BusyBeingBest]

10. She should have known it, and it either escaped her

at the moment or she just didn't know. I'm sure she kicked herself for not having that ready. But I don't think it's a big deal. She'll hopefully know what info to have ready next time.

[a kennedy]

11. Yah, I'd say that is a must know answer.....yikes.

[Awsi Dooger]

12. Really bad by Amy...her worst moment of this campaign

Let's not deflect this. The comb stuff was laughable. This is not laughable. We need to salvage as many Hispanics as possible in 2020, since they typically show benefit of a doubt to the incumbent, more than issues would suggest.

We can't give them any excuse to rationalize a shift toward Trump.

[apcalc]

27. Hispanics will not go to Trump on this one.

[Iggo]

14. I had to google it.

I'll give her a pass.

[Midwestern Democrat]

17. You're not running for president. Look, I don't expect presidential candidates to memorize arcane

bits of foreign policy knowledge - I'll admit, I laughed when Herman Cain came right out and said he was going to say "Hey, I don't know" if he was asked to name the president of some far off, little known country - but honestly, I would expect someone running for president to memorize - at minimum - the names of the leaders of Canada, Mexico, the UK, France, Germany, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt.

[Iggo]

47. I don't have to be running for president to give her a pass.

I'm for Democrats.

[ChubbyStar]

19. Are you a US Senator? Sitting on immigration commitees?

I give Iggo a pass for not knowing the answer without Google, Amy? Nah.

[Iggo]

49. No. I'm a Democratic voter. I'm not here to tear down Democrats.

[uponit7771]

15. So what?!?! She doesn't know thier Secretary of State either

[ChubbyStar]

20. Myron Burrell is going to bite her in the ass.

I am watching this closely.

[demofan40]

23. And it should. Big time.

She flat out lied this morning. Sunny Hostin asked her about the Burrell case five days before on The View.

How is she going to sit there now and say that she wasn't aware of the information when you just talked about it on The View not even a week ago? It's BS.

I've been side eyeing her for a while now with her little digs at Buttigieg. But I'm really questioning her now after reading more about her past record. I don't trust her.

She should be getting the same scrutiny that Bloomberg is getting. And certainly that Harris got.

[squirecam]

25. More out of context smearing

The defendant was tried and convicted twice. Amy was not involved in the second prosecution.

On appeal, the defendant claimed he had witnesses to support him, but they recanted or failed to show. Even after multiple continuances were given. Amy has called for a further review, and that’s the appropriate step.

The case info is here. For those who want FACTS and not a drive by smear job.

https://cases.justia.com/minnesota/supreme-court/2015-a13-1769.pdf?ts=1423072899

On July 17, 2013, the postconviction court denied Burrell’s postconviction petition. The court determined that Burrell had “provided virtually no additional evidence,” and that the substance of any new evidence was “highly speculative” and “likely cumulative.” The court concluded that it had provided Burrell with opportunities to present evidence from the witnesses, time for counsel to explore possible remedies to secure the witnesses’ testimony, and multiple continuances. The court also held that it had no authority to issue a bench warrant for Brown’s failure to appear at the March 26 or March 27, 2013, hearings because Brown had not been properly served with a subpoena for those dates

[apcalc]

28. Agree. Smear job.

[ChubbyStar]

32. Wanna make a bet?

A smear job is when you put your lipstick on sloppily, Amy has much to answer for here and it has nothing to do with lipstick.

[apcalc]

35. I watched it, I read about it. I'm satisfied. There will be those who continue

To throw it on the wall to see if it sticks.

The previous poster did an excellent job of explaining.

“The defendant was tried and convicted twice. Amy was not involved in the second prosecution.

On appeal, the defendant claimed he had witnesses to support him, but they recanted or failed to show. Even after multiple continuances were given. Amy has called for a further review, and that’s the appropriate step. “

[rzemanfl]

104. Bookmarking. n/t

[CalFione]

18. Why is everything "disqualifying"?

Nothing is disqualifying, as Trump has shown us.

Everyone of our candidates has SOMETHING that other people are calling "disqualifying".


A momentary brain fart where she forgets a name is by no means "disqualifying".

[CTyankee]

22. Her staff must have seen this coming when the interview came up. She should have been briefed

more thoroughly.

I wonder how Warren, Biden or Pete would have done in this situation. Were they asked?

[squirecam]

58. Really?

Warren claimed she is the only person running with executive experience

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she was the only White House hopeful who has spent any time in the executive branch on government at an Iowa rally, seemingly forgetting about.....oh you know....the VICE PRESIDENT....

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9IkmhEEpe6zsA0KrBGOd_;_ylu=X3oDMTEyc3FiZmNmBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjg2OTJfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1581941025/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2fnews%2fwarren-claims-she-is-the-only-person-running-with-executive-experience/RK=2/RS=wGm0UhJEBbnTilg3DtDL5TbO6xk-

“That’s a really good question. Let me remind you, I think, I’m the only one running for president whose actually been on the executive side,” Warren said Friday evening. “Remember, after the consumer agency was passed into law, Barack Obama, President Obama, asked me to set it up. So I set up a federal agency. We effectively went from two employees the day I walked in the door to about 1000 and spent a year getting it up and operational.”…

Give me a break with this stuff. Amy didn’t know a name. Warren forgot about our own Vice President. Every candidate has such moments.

[BlueMTexpat]

81. Did Biden design and create a

federal agency from scratch - even having to fight against some Democrats while doing so?

Yes, he was Veep and, IMO, a good one, so long as President Obama was in the Oval Office. He also received nearly unanimous Democratic support at the time. But he derives his luster primarily from that association.

What exactly did he DO on his own then that compares with Warren's experience?

Warren may have misspoken, which I am not sure of because you are citing a RW news source (the Washington Examiner), but she was not completely off the mark even if she did say this.

You're using "what-aboutism" here. Not a good look to justify Amy's misstep.

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This OP refers to an interview with a Latino channel ... Amy SHOULD have been prepared for such a question.

[MustLoveBeagles]

59. +1

[Quixote1818]

21. Similar to this moment for Gary Johnson

[ChubbyStar]

40. My dog would have answered this question with more understanding

Fucking tool.

[wnylib]

52. Impressive. So give him a biscuit.

[ChubbyStar]

53. Yeah I did and now he's eating your dog's lunch and dog sweater!

Thanks for your concern.

[wnylib]

56. Don't have a dog. Such a mistaken

assumption is disqualifying.

[squirecam]

69. Wow chubbystar

So you think it’s appropriate for you to call a candidate a f* tool?

This is what the forum is coming to?

Can’t we focus on actual issues anymore?

All of this stuff is riling people up. When the focus should be upon facts.

[dsc]

24. You know who did know that President's name Pete Buttigieg did

you know the man she has repeatedly said wouldn't be on stage if he were a woman. Maybe he was on that stage because he knew what the heck he was doing unlike her.

[squirecam]

61. Pete forgot how to speak Spanish at the same event

Warren forgot about VP Biden being in the executive branch. All candidates have errors.

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9IkmhEEpe6zsA0KrBGOd_;_ylu=X3oDMTEyc3FiZmNmBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjg2OTJfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1581941025/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2fnews%2fwarren-claims-she-is-the-only-person-running-with-executive-experience/RK=2/RS=wGm0UhJEBbnTilg3DtDL5TbO6xk-


If this is the junk people are focusing on, we as democrats have already lost.

[dsc]

89. No he didn't

your lying source did find he glitched on a word, by the way by that standard, Amy doesn't speak English from the same interview. BTW at the same forum he give this answer in flawless Spanish.

Link to tweet

and this one.

Link to tweet

But I will say, as cringe worthy as that interview was I would be less into it if she hadn't on more than one occasion stated that my candidate is only on the stage because he is a white male (never mind that gays can be fired from their jobs in 29 states, denied the ability to rent apartments and adopt children in 29 states, denied service in eateries in 29 states etc). That is why this matters.

[apcalc]

26. Meaningless

[ChubbyStar]

41. I thought you supported Amy?

[apcalc]

62. Not knowing name of prez on the spot is meaningless.

[ChubbyStar]

67. Of course because being a US Senator and having a seat on an immigration commitee

means you should know nothing about topical and important information totally germane to the subject. Got it.

[apcalc]

82. Nothing??????? Seriously.

[democratisphere]

29. Not qualified to hold office.

[krissey]

30. Bet you she can learn. "stapler to the head over this one". This on the other had....

[shenmue]

33. I can't keep track of things sometimes. Doesn't make me dumb.

This can be cured by a two-second search. Ease up.

[dflprincess]

36. You're not running for president.

And you're not doing an interview on Telemundo.

[lunasun]

64. + yeah this was votes

[squirecam]

72. Warren forgot Vice President Biden had executive experience.

“That’s a really good question. Let me remind you, I think, I’m the only one running for president whose actually been on the executive side,” Warren said Friday evening. “Remember, after the consumer agency was passed into law, Barack Obama, President Obama, asked me to set it up. So I set up a federal agency. We effectively went from two employees the day I walked in the door to about 1000 and spent a year getting it up and operational.”…


This is stupid gamesmanship. Every candidate has such errors.

[Zeus69]

37. Hilarious

...when supporters of other candidates chirp "disqualifying!"

It's knee jerk.

By the loose criteria being used, every candidate should be "disqualified" by now.

Joe - lying, dog-faced pony soldier
Pete - wine caves
Elizabeth - Native American ancestry
Bloomberg - S&F
Bernie - I'm a Socialist

It's already getting old.

[apcalc]

38. +1

[ChubbyStar]

43. She might need to throw more binders

Impact.

[apcalc]

65. Yes, she can ask Biden and Sanders to learn

How to be insufferable and snapping at staff.

Oh, you didn’t know about them?

[ChubbyStar]

68. Maybe next time she can throw the complete works of Dickens

Epic!

[redstateblues]

46. Nice! Some of these "disqualifying" posts are ridiculous

As if some unknown keyboard warrior decides that. Rich!

[Iggo]

50. Way too old.

Apparently we don't have ANY qualified candidates!

[wnylib]

54. Exactly!

[MustLoveBeagles]

57. Thank you

And I agree. It's getting old.

[gollygee]

90. Yes apparently all the Democratic candidates are disqualified

so I guess we get 4 more years of Trump? Republicans vote for Republicans and don't "disqualify" them for things we can't even imagine in a candidate. I don't want to see us that far gone, but for God's sake we need at least a little party unity if we're going to win anything at all.

[uponit7771]

96. Not apologizing for racial profiling ... ***IS*** ... disqaulifying

[IcyPeas]

42. Buttigieg knew: (short clip from CNN)

this was from Jake Tapper's show. the one panelist (sorry don't know his name(no pun intended)) mentioned that trump doesn't know the names of countries and/or cities either).

I think they should have known (Klobuchar and Steyer) considering they were being interviewed by Telemundo.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/02/14/klobuchar-steyer-buttigieg-name-mexican-president-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/

[lunasun]

70. I feel that Pete probably already knew his name as common knowledge but Amy and Tom

should at least have done their home before going on telemundo to get votes .

She really was stretching it there .

[peequod]

45. That was super cringey to watch

A stapler to the head! 😂

[tritsofme]

48. It is disappointing. We would mercilessly mock a GOP candidate for the same error.

And rightfully so. I don’t agree it is “disqualifying” but it certainly doesn’t help her cause.

[MustLoveBeagles]

55. It's a gaffe but not disqualifying in my opinion

Like CalFione said upthread this was probably a momentary brain fart. Yes the timing was bad but she's human. It happens. My preferred candidate is often accused committing gaffes sometimes with justification. So I'm not going to throw stones.

[33taw]

60. Really, this is so lame.

[squirecam]

63. Warren forgot VP Biden had executive experience

“That’s a really good question. Let me remind you, I think, I’m the only one running for president whose actually been on the executive side,” Warren said Friday evening. “Remember, after the consumer agency was passed into law, Barack Obama, President Obama, asked me to set it up. So I set up a federal agency. We effectively went from two employees the day I walked in the door to about 1000 and spent a year getting it up and operational.”…


https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9IkmhEEpe6zsA0KrBGOd_;_ylu=X3oDMTEyc3FiZmNmBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjg2OTJfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1581941025/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2fnews%2fwarren-claims-she-is-the-only-person-running-with-executive-experience/RK=2/RS=wGm0UhJEBbnTilg3DtDL5TbO6xk-


We can play these stupid games all day. Every candidate has errors. If this is what people are focused on, we have already lost.

[madaboutharry]

66. You can see that she is humiliated

and wishes she could disappear. She was unprepared. This is on her. It is every candidate’s responsibility to do their homework. Besides, she is a United States Senator. She should know this even if she wasn’t running for president.

I bet Mayor Pete would have known the answer to that question.

[Music Man]

74. Not only would he have known it, he did:

[squirecam]

75. Pete forgot his Spanish.

He isn’t perfect either.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1228157996074782721

[dsc]

86. He glitched on a word

I am a teacher and speak often i have glitched on math words. Oh and he later gave a flawless answer at the same forum that your lying scumbag source somehow forgot to post.

[emmaverybo]

77. Ok. So he would, and sure he'd do well on Jeopardy. She was tired and had not prepared, period.

Not disqualifying. If she gets to the presidency, honestly she will have more help than she has now
and be less frazzled. Embarrassing, however. But that’s all.

If you want an FP expert and quiz kid, hire Biden. The others all have a learning curve. That includes PB, who yes is very bright and probably has a photographic memory, not a bad thing in a President, but not necessary either.

[Music Man]

76. I had to pause this a couple times as my second-hand embarrassment was so painful.

It may or may not be disqualifying, but anyone on here dismissing it as not a big deal has some wishful thinking. I love Amy Klobuchar to death, but this sort of moment often ends campaigns.

It is no vice to demand a lot from our own candidates. I don't expect a potential president to know every detail of a country's internal politics, even of the most consequential/notable countries, but this interview showed a lack of preparation.

[IluvPitties]

88. Sadly, you are correct. She looked totally uninformed about Mexico in general.

[madamesilverspurs]

79. Criminy.

You'd think she'd prepped for Telemundo by getting herself spray tanned to look more like her hosts' audience. Whatever happened to THAT guy, by the way?

Disqualifying? Gimme a break.


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[Frasier Balzov]

80. She's a good student.

I have confidence in her.

Ask her again.

Amy-Pete will have all those details covered coming and going.

[dualboy24]

83. Painful

That is like very basic need to known info if running for the office of the president.

Especially giving an interview to Telemundo interview. I would say it's damaging at the least.

[MFM008]

85. maggot still doesn't know

the name of the Mexican President........

[Squinch]

87. And Obama once said there were 57 states. Lots of hay was made of that too.

Campaigns are hard and exhausting. This shit happens.

How about FOR FUCKING ONCE we give one of our own candidates a break?

[dsc]

91. actually that was quite different

there are 57 contests so it wasn't like he just made some shit up. That is what he was referring to.

[Squinch]

95. Sure it was. It always is.

[dsc]

97. If you listen to that interview she clearly had no earthly idea who the President of Mexico was

nor anything for which he stood. This isn't she forgot his name, she was clueless. Obama merely forgot to say contests (of which there are 57) and said states in its place. These are vastly different things.

[Squinch]

98. Kay. So let's crucify her. While the Democracy crumbles. Good plan.

[dsc]

99. no but don't blame Obama

the fact is what he did and what she did are quite different.

[Squinch]

100. Oh, jeez. And now I'm blaming Obama.

[dsc]

101. yeah you claimed what he did was as bad as what she did

that is blaming Obama last I checked. The fact is she has repeatedly said my candidate is utterly unqualified and is only on stage due to being a white male, and now we find out, she hasn't the first clue about Mexico while the candidate she slurred repeatedly as unqualified and a beneficiary of being a white male (though she leaves out the fact he is gay) did know who he was and what he was doing. So yea, I do find this a bit rich.

[Squinch]

103. Buh bye.

[dualboy24]

107. Not even a close

Obama meant 57 state contests which is true.

Amy knew virtually nothing about the Mexican government going into a interview by Telemundo.

[Act_of_Reparation]

93. With Klobuchar there are bigger concerns.

Like whether or not she'll throw a stapler at them.

[awesomerwb1]

102. Shockingly embarrassing

If you're gonna do an interview on Telemundo, at least try to be a little bit prepared.

Embarrassing.

[still_one]

105. Sanders interview with the NY Daily News a few years back wasn't very impressive for those who feel

so inclined to jump on Amy for this

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/transcript-bernie-sanders-meets-news-editorial-board-article-1.2588306

[rownesheck]

106. I'm at the point

where I don't care if a candidate can tie their own shoes. I just one that asshat defeated in November.

[Squinch]

108. Exactly. And each piddly crap complaint only weakens us.

[Bettie]

110. I can give her a pass on this one

all of us have moments where we can't pull up a piece of data from our minds.

I am certain she knows who it is, but we're all human.