Juan Williams: Jeb’s Answer on Iraq War ‘Revived the Bush Baggage’

‘So, he instead of just saying no, which is what he should have said because this is a very unpopular — in the poll with Republicans and Democrats, he couldn’t bring himself to say, no I wouldn’t have done it’

WILLIAMS: "He’s got to get in shape, he’s not nimble at all right now. It’s a little bit of a surprise to me. And I think — you know, it makes me wonder about staffing — I mean obviously, he comes from such a wonderful family, great presidential background, and yet, and with all the money in the world, and yet he wasn’t ready to handle the question. So, nimbleness is not the issue. I mean to me the problem is he engaged in a dodge, an evasive response that’s almost reflexive among Republicans. Which is oh, Hillary would have done the same thing. Democrats would have done the same thing, based on that same information. But the fact is, that we know and that was the question from Megyn Kelly, now that there were no weapons of mass destruction. So, he instead of just saying no, which is what he should have said because this is a very unpopular — in the poll with Republicans and Democrats, he couldn’t bring himself to say, no I wouldn’t have done it. Instead, he gets into this thing with, Democrats would have done the same thing. It was a huge mistake. I think it revived the Bush baggage that you are talking about."

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