Media Zeroes in On Two Words Jeb Bush Said in Response to Oregon Shooting, but Here’s the Context

Jeb Bush was skewered Friday by critics who zeroed in on two words he said during an off-the-cuff response to Thursday’s deadly shooting at an Oregon Community College.

“We’re in a difficult time in our country, and I don’t think more government is necessarily the answer to this. I think we need to reconnect ourselves with everybody else,” Bush said, according to BuzzFeed. “It’s just — it’s very sad to see. But I resist — I had this challenge as governor. We had — look — stuff happens — there’s always a crisis. The impulse is to do something, and it’s not always the right thing to do.”

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