Amy Klobuchar publicly admits that it was a mistake to forget the name of the president of Mexico Telemundo

The correspondent Vanessa Hauc asked the pre-candidate Amy Klobuchar during the ninth Democratic debate in Las Vegas about the importance that the next president of the United States knows not only the president’s name but the policies of one of his most important partners, Mexico. He did it on the subject that the senator could not say the name of the president of the neighboring country in a recent interview with Telemundo News.

His answer was that of course it seemed important, but that it was not so much his forgetfulness. “I don’t think a momentary forgetfulness reflects what I really know about Mexico and how much I care”, He said and recalled that he always supported the trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.

“First of all I send greetings to President López Obrador,” he continued in a nervous voice and before a reaction of sympathy from the audience when he pronounced the last name of President AMLO.

However, Hauc insisted that he was specifically asked something he could not answer, and Klobuchar defended himself by saying that he recognized his mistake. “I think having a humble president who admits that she made a mistake once in a while is a good thing.”

Other candidates took the opportunity to attack her for her failure and emphasize that because of her charges this is not a simple forgetfulness and is serious. “He is basing his candidacy on his experience in Washington,” Buttigieg told him. “He is on the committee that oversees border security. It is on the trade committee. He is literally on the committee that oversees these things. “To which Klobuchar replied: “Are you trying to say I’m dumb? Are you making fun of me, Pete? I said I made a mistake. Sometimes people forget names. ”

Although not everyone attacked her, because the other woman on stage came out in her defense. Senator Elizabeth Warren interceded to support Klobuchar: “That you have forgotten a name does not mean that you do not know what is happening. Please,” he said.

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Klobuchar was not the only precandidate who did not remember the name of the current president of Mexico. During a series of interviews that Noticias Telemundo conducted with the Democratic candidates on February 14 after the Presidential Forum organized by LULAC and this media, Tom Steyer also said he didn’t remember it.