Jeb Bush is having kind of a weird day. Among other things, he's weighed in on this divisive question posed by The New York Times Magazine last month: If you could go back and kill Hitler as a baby, would you do it? (If you're asking yourself right about now if all of this is made up, the answer is unfortunately no, it is not).
But Bush took the question in stride, weighing in enthusiastically to The Huffington Post. "Hell yeah, I would!" he said. "You gotta step up, man."
Here's the story, from The Huffington Post:
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Bush [acknowledged] that murdering the future German dictator before he had the chance to ignite World War II would be an act that could set in motion unknown consequences.But the 2016 Republican presidential candidate remained emphatic that he would, in fact, kill Hitler — even if the future leader of the Third Reich were an especially cute baby."It could have a dangerous effect on everything else, but I'd do it — I mean, Hitler," Bush said with a shrug. [The Huffington Post]
Read the rest at The Huffington Post.
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