‘The Mother of All Gaffes’: George W. Bush Gets Totally Filleted for All-Time Blunder Condemning the ‘Brutal Invasion of Iraq’
Former President George W. Bush had an all-timer of a foot-in-mouth moment during a speech in Dallas Wednesday — and observers of all stripes are calling him out for it.
During remarks at the George W. Bush Institute, the former president was attempting to denounce Russia’s Vladimir Putin for his invasion of Ukraine. But instead, he suffered a freudian slip for the ages.
“The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq,” Bush said.
The comment hung out there in the air for a brief moment which felt like an eternity, before Bush corrected himself and added, “I mean, of Ukraine.”
Speaking in Dallas this afternoon, former President George. W Bush made a significant verbal slip-up while discussing the war in Ukraine.
He tried referencing what he described as the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion” — but said Iraq, instead of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tw0VNJzKmE
— Michael Williams (@michaeldamianw) May 19, 2022
There were nervous chuckles in the audience as the former president chalked up the faux pas to his age.
“Seventy-five,” Bush said simply, to laughter.
Others, though, received the comment far less charitably than the live audience — as Bush’s invasion of Iraq led to the deaths of thousands of American service members, and hundreds of thousands overall. After the gaffe, he was called out by observers on all sides:
Saying the quiet part out loud
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 19, 2022
‘The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” The mother of all gaffes, via @michaeldamianw pic.twitter.com/nnnB4W2JHm
— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) May 19, 2022
I wish he would have been this honest and critical of himself 20 years, countless lives, and trillions of dollars ago. pic.twitter.com/d8nhcZ981d
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 19, 2022
It’s not a mistake. His conscience knows what he did. The Dead hear. https://t.co/YcoCTlXCV3
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 19, 2022
Freudian slip of the century…
Former US President George. W Bush denounces the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq… I mean Ukraine.” pic.twitter.com/KNlUwQnWQQ
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) May 19, 2022
George W. Bush joked about invading Iraq tonight… what a trash person.
How many Americans were sent to die by him for a lie? Disgusting.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 19, 2022
George W. Bush is a war criminal.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) May 19, 2022
Oof.
If you were George W. Bush, you think you’d just steer clear of giving any speech about one man launching a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion. https://t.co/8zdH0ogOAy
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 19, 2022
God bless Donald Trump for liberating the GOP from the grips of the Bush family. https://t.co/2szijdWVS2
— Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) May 19, 2022
Hard to think of another living person with more blood on his hands than George W. Bush
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) May 19, 2022
Don’t say Iraq. Don’t say Iraq. Don’t say Iraq. Don’t say Iraq. Don’t say Iraq. Don’t say Iraq. Don’t say Iraq.
Ladies and Gentleman, George W. Bush: https://t.co/rWfO1SmByf— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) May 19, 2022
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