Sen. Amy Klobuchar (and Tom Steyer but who cares how dumb he sounds) couldn’t name the current president of Mexico during an interview with Telemundo:
Steyer and Klobuchar did not know the name of the president of Mexico, in interviews w/ @TelemundoNews
“I forget,” says Steyer.
"Can you tell me his name?"
Klobuchar: “No."
Pete knew. pic.twitter.com/gUBqyxLfUW— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) February 14, 2020
Pete Buttigieg adviser Lis Smith took a little victory lap after her guy correctly named him as Andrés Manuel López Obrador:
Three presidential candidates asked to name the president of Mexico- only @PeteButtigieg does. Those sorts of facts are fairly important for our next commander in chief to be in command of https://t.co/Y0GUhUV5KG
— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) February 14, 2020
And Buttigieg himself twisted the knife a little at Klobuchar’s expense, and rightly so:
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Pete Buttigieg is asked what he'd do about the border wall with Mexico, and as a follow up, if he knows who the president of Mexico is– he says he was asked that yesterday on Telemundo and "thought it was a trick question– it turned out that not everybody knows about this."
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) February 15, 2020
Shouldn’t it be a bigger deal that Klobuchar DIDN’T know his name?
Kinda feel Amy Klobuchar not knowing the name of the president of Mexico should be a bigger deal.
Like, what's the point of experience if you don't have knowledge?
— Jay Kirell (@JasonKirell) February 15, 2020
Also, like, we only have two neighboring countries.
It's not like she was asked to name the president of, like, Nauru.
— Jay Kirell (@JasonKirell) February 15, 2020
She also hit Buttigieg in the last debate on his experience:
Klobuchar went hard against Buttigieg all night and her final answer includes this: “I'm not a political newcomer with no record”
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 8, 2020
This shouldn’t even count as “gotcha” journalism as every candidate should know this answer:
This isn’t a gotcha. It’s not name the President of Indonesia (pace Indonesia, but you get what I mean) This is America’s neighbour and it’s a total valid question for anyone wanting to be President. https://t.co/jZHFJwmlh9
— Katty Kay (@KattyKay_) February 14, 2020
But on the other hand, it will be amusing watching Buttigieg speak Spanish at the Nevada debate:
Pete Buttigieg tries and fails at speaking Spanish while addressing the LULAC presidential town hall in Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/4e54um0rVo
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) February 14, 2020
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