Kucinich on Carson’s Trip to Jordan: One Trip Does Not Make a Foreign Policy Record

PEREIRA: “Timing is key, too, Jackie, because I know that we’ve seen some polling that show that since the Paris attack, his numbers have slid significantly from 28 to 18, now. He himself, has said that he’s really on a learning curve. You have to give him props for going there, to see this firsthand. But, you know, one might also say, is the timing of this also a little too late? Shouldn’t he be more well versed on these issues prior to this?”

KUCINICH: “Yeah, he is sort of taking a crash course in foreign policy, at a time when it couldn’t be more important to really know something about what’s going on in the Middle East, what’s going on with these refugees. And we saw him make some very public errors, when it comes to Syria, when it comes to, you know, a whole host of things that are going on in the world. So, you know, one trip does not a foreign policy record make.”

PEREIRA: “Fair point.”

KUCINICH: “However, it is, you know, it does show that he is curious. And he does want to learn and that, you know, so this is a step in the right direction for Ben Carson, certainly.”