Jeb Bush is really getting desperate. He’s basically begging people who attend his town hall events to ‘please clap’ because the events are basically silent.
| Jeb Bush begs for people to clap at silent town hall |
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“I will not trash talk. I will not be a divider in chief or an agitator in chief. I won’t be out there blowharding, talking a big game without backing it up. I think the next president needs to be a lot quieter but send a signal that we’re prepared to act in the national security interests of this country — to get back in the business of creating a more peaceful world,” Bush declared to the crowd Tuesday evening.
He was met with a long beat of silence.
“Please clap,” he pleaded, drawing applause and awkward laughter.
At another point in the evening, the lights in the room abruptly turned off. Bush suggested someone accidentally leaned against the switch and asked for the lights to be turned back on, joking that he was showing leadership.
Apparently the hotel was having issues with its electricity. The lights went off two more times during the event.