GWB was criticized for not saying enough. I think he understood he was prone to random sounds-like word selection and he, rightly, decided saying nothing was better. But what he said was, I don’t talk a lot because whatever i say gets analyzed and interpreted way out of proportion to what I meant. Anything I say is interpreted as official policy.
Having had lots of conversations with liberals over the years I’ve heard them say over-and-over we need to reduce the population. What they mean by that of course is “people not like us. You know, conservatives, blacks, etc.” After Obama was elected, I was at a party of university professors. Somebody said, “Now we need to send the Republicans to reeducation camps.” Someone else said, “Camps hell, gas chambers.” Everyone laughed like it was the funniest joke ever. That was my last party with them.
I’d have punched who ever said that square in the mouth.