Posted on 01/04/2016 3:27:09 PM PST by jimbo123
Jeb Bush loves talking about how Moses once gave him a gun.
A staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights, Bush frequently tells the story of being honored as National Rifle Association "Statesman of the Year" and being awarded a gun by Charlton Heston.
"You know who you're lookin' at here? You're looking at the guy who won the NRA Statesman of the Year award," Bush said last month at a town hall in Milford, New Hampshire. "Not the Florida award. The national award. And I got a rifle from Charlton Heston, I got a rifle from Moses."
It's a similar story he's repeated as recently as Sunday in an interview with Fox News. He told it three other times in late December in New Hampshire -- and in South Carolina in September and in Iowa in October. It's embedded in his answer when he's asked about gun control.
But it appears that story didn't exactly happen, in a revelation first reported by BuzzFeed News.
Tim Miller, communications director for Bush's campaign, said in a statement that Bush "was mistaken and conflated multiple events unintentionally."
Bush indeed delivered the keynote address at the NRA's annual meeting in 2003 when he was governor of Florida and was presented with a rifle -- but not from the famous actor. And he wasn't designated "Statesman of the Year."
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Jeb always looks like he just detected a fart. And Cruz looks like he just delivered it.
Good thing Jeb. doesn’t own guns.
He shoots himself in the foot every time he shoots his mouth off.
HayZeus didn’t drop a shotgun on him?
Remember way back to December when the media was all aflutter over Trump’s claim of having seen thousands of Muslims celebrating 911? Wonder if they’ll scrutinize this “misstatement” similarly.
Mebbe Yeb! used the rifle he didn’t get from Charlton Heston to take Hillary under sniper fire in Bosnia.
Lying POS
Don’t be so harsh. He misremembered, just like that Brian Williams dude did.
Happens all the time. To richardheads.
Moses did say ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness.’ What’s Heb going to do now?
Might not matter. Joe Biden was mistaken about his grandparents being coal miners and he made it to the vice presidency!
Yeah... that's right
Moses... Moses gave me the rifle, Moses!
>Lying POS
Amazing how the RNC consistently comes up with turds to nominate.
does Yeb REALLY not know statements of fact like this can be checked out???
Maybe he believes it is true. Then would you vote for him?
Cause he’ll believe whatever you want if you vote for him.
How can you be “mistaken” about an award? One with an actual name that gets bestowed to people?
Hey, jebster, isn’t hitlery liar enough for the whole field?
One last thought, jebbie: GO AWAY!!!
As they say in Jeb!’s home country...
En boca del mentiroso, lo cierto se hace dudoso.
Translation: In the liar’s mouth, the truth is doubtful.
He lies like a Democrat....It’s not too late Jeb! to drop out of the GOP race and go give Hillary a challange on the Democrat side. You’d fit right in.
It really doesn’t make much difference as only 10 people have ever heard him speak.
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