Scott Brown on his wack Ebola rhetoric: Bqhatevwr
During last night’s U.S. Senate debate between Scott Brown and Jeanne Shaheen, host Wolf Blitzer asked Brown about his comments last week that the Ebola outbreak would not be a concern now if Mitt Romney had been elected president. “That’s taken out of context,” Brown replied. Hilarity ensues:
BLITZER: When you said, “I guarantee you we would not be worrying about Ebola right now had Mitt Romney been president of the United States.” You stand by that?
BROWN: With all respect, what I said is, we were talking about many different issues. We were talking about Obamacare. We were talking about him being right on Russia. And I have said and I will say it again, had he been in charge we would have a clear and concise policy as to what we’re going to do, where we’re going and how we can help. Now, with regard to immigration…
BLITZER: Let me interrupt, Senator. But you also said, “We would not be worrying about Ebola right now if Romney had been president.”
BROWN: No, that’s taken out of context.
BLITZER: It’s not taken out of context. This was in the Fox News interview last Friday.
BROWN: Once again, it was taken out of context. If you take the whole answer, when we talked about, obviously, him being right on Obamacare, him being right on Russia, and that he, we would not be in this situation with regard to the economy.
BLITZER: Let me read to you exactly what you said. You said, … “Mitt was great. Can you imagine if Mitt was the president right now? He was right on Russia, he was right on Obamacare, he was right on the economy. And I guarantee you we would not be worrying about Ebola right now and worrying about our foreign policy screw-ups.”
BROWN: Thank you for repeating it for the fourth time.