Jeb Bush: My Brother George W. Bush ‘Kept Us Safe’ (Video)
At Wednesday night’s GOP debate, Jeb Bush actually pretended the 9/11 attacks did not happen, Katrina did not happen, and other disasters did not happen, claiming his brother kept America “safe.”
Jeb Bush actually claimed that his brother, former President George W. Bush, kept America “safe” from terrorism – wholly ignoring the fact that the 9/11 attacks that took 3000 lives happened on George W. Bush’s watch.
No one, not the CNN moderators, not any other candidate, pushed back.
.@JebBush: “As it relates to my brother … He kept us safe” http://t.co/jcEf6bW9ja #CNNDebate #GOPdebate http://t.co/0yUiiyOb51
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 17, 2015
As one person on Twitter noted, the victims of Katrina also were not kept “safe.”
Jeb Bush, “My brother kept us safe.” 3000 dead in NYC. 1800 dead in Louisiana. #liar
— apelbaum (@apelbaum) September 17, 2015
Other responses via Twitter:
The problem with Jeb Bush saying his brother “kept us safe” is that more Americans died in Iraq & Afghanistan than in 9/11.
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) September 17, 2015
times Bush didnt keep us safe… 9/11 Anthrax attacks Shoe bomber Hurricane Katrina Beltway sniper attacks Financial collapse
— Political Line (@PoliticalLine) September 17, 2015
“Say what you will about my brother, he kept America safe” – Jeb Bush 5 days after September 11th
— Tim Farrell (@bigmoneytim) September 17, 2015
You know we’re in trouble when George W. Bush’s name is evoked + he gets the largest applause of the night.Kept us safe? With two wars? #GOP
— TerryTempestWilliams (@TempestWilliams) September 17, 2015
If @jebbush considers W, 9/11 and the unnecessary war in Iraq and it’s devastation keeping us safe, he is the dumb Bush brother.
— Ken Struck (@kasinca) September 17, 2015
This Bush “kept us safe” business drives me crazy http://t.co/eziyRFS93w pic.twitter.com/JKnTHU6GRC
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 17, 2015
Reminder to Jeb re: brother keeping us safe: 9/11 happened on his watch, after Condi got the memo warning of attack “in the U.S.” #GOPDebate
— Mike Signorile (@MSignorile) September 17, 2015
Jeb, your brother kept us safe?!?! 9/11/01 happened on HIS watch. If that happened under a Democrat, you’d never let it go. #GOPDebate
— Sarah Wood (@SarahWoodwriter) September 17, 2015
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Image: Screenshot via CNN/Twitter

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