‘What is Aleppo?’: Facepalm moment for Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson as he admits he’s never heard of Syrian refugee-crisis city
Johnson appeared on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ on Thursday and was asked what he would do ‘about Aleppo’ if he were president
The former New mexico governor stared into space, finally asking: ‘And what is Aleppo?’
Political panelist Mike Barnicle deadpanned: ‘You’re kidding’
Johnson said Syria’s civil war is ‘a mess’ and said a diplomatic partnership with Russia was the best way to end it
By David Martosko, Us Political Editor
DailyMail.com
8 September 2016
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson got a mortifying education about the Middle East on Thursday morning when a ‘Morning Joe’ political panelist asked him about the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Johnson, a former governor of New mexico, stared ahead silently but his deer-in-headlights expression spoke volumes.
‘And what is Aleppo?’ he finally asked.
‘You’re kidding,’ MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle deadpanned
‘No,’ came Johnson’s reply.
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