libertarian vice presidential candidate bill weld defended his running mate, gary johnson, over recent interview flaps. | getty by madeline conway 10/03/16 03:59 pm edt libertarian vice presidential candidate bill weld on monday answered for his running mate<u+2019>s failure to answer basic foreign policy questions in recent tv interviews, excusing the gaffes by suggesting that gary johnson has trouble with <u+201c>pop quizzes.<u+201d> <u+201c>well, you know, pop quizzes on tv are just not gary<u+2019>s long suit,<u+201d> weld said, speaking to cnn<u+2019>s jake tapper on monday morning. <u+201c>but i think having the right policies is more important than doing well on a pop quiz.<u+201d> story continued below johnson, the libertarian party<u+2019>s presidential candidate, has made headlines for freezing in recent interviews. last week, johnson failed to name a foreign leader he admired in an interview with msnbc<u+2019>s chris matthews. in a tv appearance earlier in september, johnson blanked when asked about the situation in aleppo <u+2014> a city in syria at the center of the country<u+2019>s ongoing humanitarian crisis <u+2014> and responded by asking, <u+201c>what is aleppo?<u+201d> in the wake of those mistakes, tapper offered weld a sharp question: how could he remain confident in his running mate? <u+201c>why is your confidence in gov. johnson not shaken after his recent gaffes that show an apparent lack of understanding of world events?<u+201d> tapper asked. in his interview with tapper, weld also sought to clarify comments he made last week suggesting that democrat hillary clinton is the most qualified person to be president. <u+201c>i said, <u+2018>i<u+2019>m not sure there<u+2019>s anybody more qualified than she is on paper.<u+2019> i mean, she<u+2019>s got quite a resume,<u+201d> weld said, referencing her experience as a senator and secretary of state. <u+201c>you know, i went on to say that gary johnson would be the best president because of the policies, fiscal and military and otherwise, that he would implement.<u+201d> by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
bill weld: pop quizzes aren<u+2019>t johnson<u+2019>s <u+2018>long suit<u+2019> - politico
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