Fox's Chris Wallace Catches Rubio in Iraq-Sized Pickle
Let's try this again, knowing what we know now...
Apparently Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush skipped school the day they were taught what a hypothetical was, because neither of them have been able to answer any.
On Sunday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) became the latest GOP candidate to treat the now-infamous “knowing what we know now” hypothetical like a question that would appear on a rocketry exam.
When confronted by “Fox News Sunday” host, Chris Wallace, on whether the invasion of Iraq was “a mistake,” Rubio, like his mentor, either decided to shamelessly dodge the question or genuinely misunderstood the straightforward hypothetical.
Below is a portion of the transcript from Rubio’s painfully evasive response:
WALLACE: So, was it a mistake or not?
RUBIO: But I wouldn’t characterize it — but I don’t understand the question you’re asking, because the president–
WALLACE: I’m asking you, knowing — as we sit here in 2015 —
RUBIO: No, but that’s not the way presidents — a president cannot make decision on what someone might know in the future.
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