It’s a conundrum and one I don’t know an answer to. Add to that that a lot of good people wouldn’t dream of a political career because they don’t want to go thru it, and we are stuck with what we have. Which sucks.
Yes, I got the impression that she did not understand the question. It was a major gaffe on her part, but she does not appear to subscribe to 9/11 “truth.”
Well, we are part of the problem. Before the television media circus took over politics, candidates didn’t have to be good looking or have sonorous speaking voices. We now focus on appearances and feelings, even though we claim to care about issues, character, etc. One interview in which you fumble an answer, and it’s over. I heard the interview, and she’s not a Truther but she seemed to worry about giving offense to some handful of Truthers who might support her. Dumb, but not as dumb (or evil) as the reckless spending in Austin, the margins tax, the lax border enforcement, the TTCF, the vaccine mandate, the hate crimes legislation, etc.