Jeb Bush: ‘Hell Yeah, I Would’ Kill Baby Hitler

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a Clark County Republican Party dinner Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush knows exactly what he would do if he had the opportunity to confront a baby Adolf Hitler: murder him.

Asked by Huffington Post reporters if he would be willing to kill the child who eventually grew up to orchestrate the Holocaust, Bush replied, “Hell yeah, I would! You gotta step up, man.”

This moral quandary was first posed in an October New York Times magazine poll that went viral. While responses were divided, a majority of readers—some 42 percent—agreed that they, too, would kill baby Hitler.

The uncertain outcome of rewriting a transformative moment in world history didn’t faze Bush, who said he would off the German leader even if he happened to be a particularly cute kid.

“It could have a dangerous effect on everything else, but I’d do it—I mean, Hitler,” Bush told the Huffington Post.

He later doubled down on his proposal, responding “gotta do it” to one of the reporter’s tweets about the story.

The GOP candidate, who has languished behind Donald Trump and Ben Carson in the polls, has responded to criticism of his “low-energy” campaign by amping up his macho rhetoric.

Last week, he told reporters in Iowa, “I eat nails when I wake up, then I have breakfast.”

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  1. At this point, I’m pretty sure he’s just punking his handlers. He can’t possibly be this incompetent of a campaigner…

    Jeb: Exactly how far do I have to go to tank this thing? It just won’t die…

  2. For the how-to see: Herod, King.

  3. Gee, JEB!?, I think your Nazi-worshipping Grandpa, Prescott Bush, might be a little perturbed at your answer to that hypothetical question.
    Actually, I think JEB!?, after the last debate, would rather kill baby Marco Rubio in his crib.

  4. No word on the baby seals yet?

  5. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Macho, macho man!

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