There’d be no problem if she’d simply said “I don’t believe the U.S. Government had any role in causing the 9-11 attacks.”
I realize she answered both yes and no to the question but anyone who is a credible candidate knows better than to open that can of worms. It just makes her look like a nut.
She has nobody but herself to blame for that.
I’ll agree Beck’s question and the reactions to it look somewhat like a smear but any politician ready to be governor knows how to shoot down that sort of question and she didn’t. THAT’S why her support is going to crater - because she just illustrated why she’s not up to being governor.
Don’t blame Perry or KBH for that. It’s like asking “do you still beat your wife?” As a politician, you instinctively learn how to deal with those sort of questions.
She can’t blame Beck, a few hours later she said almost the same thing (a little worse) in another interview.
Exactly! By not saying precisely that she did not beelvie that the government had anything to do with 9/11 she showed she is not ready for prime time! If she wanted to add that it is everyone in America’s right to question their government she should’vbe said that after making clear she did not believe it in the first place. Very fatal political mistake!