Gary Johnson had a second 'Aleppo moment' and it was painful

"Who's your favorite foreign leader?"
Gary Johnson had a second 'Aleppo moment' and it was painful
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson. Credit: Getty Images

Here we go again, Mr. Gary Johnson.

Asked to name his favorite foreign leader, the Libertarian candidate - who infamously didn't seem to know what Aleppo was - looked perplexed and seemingly couldn't answer the question.

"Who's one foreign leader that you respect, you look up to?" Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball then asked.


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Johnson sighed while his presidential running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, suggested Shimon Peres, the former Israeli president who recently died.

"I'm talking about living - Go ahead! You gotta do this. Anywhere," Matthews replied, pointing at Johnson and listing countries and continents.

"I guess I'm having an Aleppo moment," Johnson said, referring to his previous gaffe.

“The former President of Mexico," he finally uttered.

"Which one?" Matthews pressed on.

"I'm having a brain fart," Johnson replied.

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