{"id":1958595,"date":"2023-06-27T18:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-gop-candidate-has-stunning-blunder-during-live-radio-interview-the-what\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T22:48:05","slug":"2024-gop-candidate-has-stunning-blunder-during-live-radio-interview-the-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-gop-candidate-has-stunning-blunder-during-live-radio-interview-the-what\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 GOP Candidate&#8217;s Live Radio Interview Blunder: &#8216;The What?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2024-gop-candidate-has-stunning-blunder-during-live-radio-interview-the-what%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>2024 GOP Candidate Has Stunning Blunder During Live Radio Interview: &#8216;The What?&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez needs to make a whole lot of headlines to get any attention in the 2024 presidential race. Unfortunately, the headlines he made this week probably weren\u2019t the kind he was looking for.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, during a radio interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/miami-mayor-frances-suarez-on-his-bid-to-be-the-gops-2024-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hugh Hewitt Show<\/a>, Suarez demonstrated a surprising lack of knowledge about the Uyghur ethnic group and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a> they face in China, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2024-candidate-suarez-faceplants-radio-interview-what-is-uyghur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Hewitt asked Suarez if he would be addressing the Uyghurs in his campaign. Suarez\u2019s response was a baffled, \u201cThe what?\u201d Clearly confused, he sought clarification from Hewitt: \u201cWhat\u2019s a Uyghur?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hugh Hewitt: \u201cWill you be talking about the Uyghurs in your campaign?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2024 GOP presidential candidate Francis Suarez: \u201cWhat\u2019s a Uyghur?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AlRkjZCJyK\">pic.twitter.com\/AlRkjZCJyK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1673686747497267201?\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northern China, who have been subjected to alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rogue-drone-pilots-footage-resurfaces-shows-china-herding-humans-cattle-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human rights abuses<\/a> by the Chinese Communist Party. The severity of the situation and the ongoing debate surrounding it make it a crucial topic for candidates to address.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2022 U.S. State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom\/china\/xinjiang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, over one million individuals from Uyghur, ethnic Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Muslim minority groups have been detained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-epa-appointee-allowed-retain-ties-university-controlled-chinese-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese government<\/a> in internment camps.<\/p>\n<p>Inside these camps, reports suggest that detainees are subjected to various forms of mistreatment, including torture, cruel and inhumane treatment, physical and sexual abuse, forced labor, and even death, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/17\/politics\/trump-uyghur-human-rights-bolton-china\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> report.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, President Donald Trump signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/app\/details\/PLAW-116publ145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act<\/a> into law. The act aimed to hold accountable Chinese officials involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">human rights violations<\/a> against the Uyghurs and called for imposing sanctions on them. This legislative measure demonstrated a clear recognition of the severity of the situation and sought to create a framework for taking action.<\/p>\n<p>While the Trump administration took significant steps to address the Uyghur crisis, the issue remains a complex and ongoing challenge. The allegations of mass surveillance, arbitrary detentions, forced labor, and cultural assimilation continue to draw international attention and condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, then-Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-pompeo-announces-big-2024-news-decision-personal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pompeo<\/a> referred to Beijing\u2019s actions in Xinjiang as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/usa-religion-china-idAFL2N24J0HN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the stain of the century<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suarez\u2019s lack of knowledge on a matter of global importance led Hewitt to advise him, \u201cYou\u2019ve got to get smart on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But later in the interview, Suarez dug his grave a little deeper when he chuckled, \u201cYou gave me homework. I\u2019ll look at what\u2019d you call it \u2026 a Weeble?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A \u2018weeble\u2019? Really? How embarrassing!<\/p>\n<p>Francis Su\u00e1rez is completely unaware of the threat posed by Communist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> to our national security &#038; the genocide against the Uyghur nation.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not ready for Primetime \u2014 he\u2019s not even ready for Wayne\u2019s World! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xJIvYRkx7D\">pic.twitter.com\/xJIvYRkx7D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlos A. Gimenez (@CarlosGimenezFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosGimenezFL\/status\/1673729609957867520?\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Uyghurs. You really need to know about the Uyghurs, mayor. You\u2019ve got to talk about it every day, OK?\u201d Hewitt responded.<\/p>\n<p>Seeming to realize his mistake, Suarez pledged to educate himself, saying, \u201cI will search Uyghurs. I\u2019m a good learner. I\u2019m a fast learner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the damage had already been done.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the interview, Hewitt tweeted, \u201cMayor @FrancisSuarez was pretty good for a first conversation on air about national security \u2014 except for the huge blind spot on the Uyghurs. \u2018What\u2019s a Uyghur?\u2019 is not what I expect people running for president to say when asked about the ongoing genocide in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancisSuarez?\">@FrancisSuarez<\/a> was pretty good for a first conversation on air about national security \u2013except for the huge blind spot on the Uyghurs. \u201cWhat\u2019s a Uyghur?\u201d is not where I expect people running for president to say when asked about the ongoing genocide in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hughhewitt\/status\/1673655390083448833?\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nTwitter users were brutal, bringing to mind a similar incident in 2016 when then-Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson invoked scorn after he responded to a question about the city of Aleppo, the region at the center of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-military-halts-patrols-islamic-state-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syria\u2019s<\/a> civil war and refugee crisis, by asking, \u201cWhat is Aleppo?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThingsPoliticiansShouldntSay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThingsPoliticiansShouldntSay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is Allepo\u201d? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S2vFlTCK0B\">pic.twitter.com\/S2vFlTCK0B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EmmaleaT (@EmmaleaT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaleaT\/status\/932235585351061504?\">November 19, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nSuarez\u2019s lack of knowledge about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-uyghur-persecution-is-like-the-holocaust-except-for-one-factor-how-will-it-end\/\" title=\"China\u2019s Uyghur Persecution Is Like The Holocaust, Except For One Factor: How Will It End?\">ongoing human rights abuses<\/a> in the greatest threat to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-gop-candidate-has-stunning-blunder-during-live-radio-interview-the-what\/\" title=\"2024 GOP Candidate's Live Radio Interview Blunder: 'The What?'\">national security raises concerns<\/a> about candidates who lack essential knowledge on critical issues diluting the voting pool and diverting attention from more qualified contenders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-topped-gop-presidential-candidates-african-american-support-going-back-90s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presidential candidates<\/a> are expected to possess a comprehensive understanding of domestic and international matters, enabling them to make informed decisions and effectively address the challenges faced by the nation.<\/p>\n<p>While it remains to be seen how Suarez will respond to this criticism \u2014 and whether he will educate himself on the Uyghur issue and other issues of national importance \u2014 it calls the seriousness of his candidacy even more into question.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-gop-candidate-stunning-blunder-live-radio-interview\/\">2024 GOP Candidate Has Stunning Blunder During Live Radio Interview: &#8216;The What?&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is striving to gain attention in the 2024 race. However, the headlines he recently made may not be what he desired. 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