Jeb Bush Responds to National Call for Gun Law Reform in the Wake of Oregon Tragedy: "Stuff Happens"

Jeb! Bush is a real person who actually exists and is actually running for president.

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John Ellis Bush, a guy who will most certainly never be president so why are you even trying, probably thought that adding a simple "!" to the brotastic nickname "Jeb" would help him stack up the potential votes. Has that worked? Well, no. But has the attempt warranted hours and hours of maddening and/or uncomfortable hilarity? Yes!

Jeb!'s latest folly, however, takes a slight detour from the trail of hilarity by stalling out somewhere at or very near downright ridiculousness:

This is the full "stuff happens" quote from Jeb pic.twitter.com/0CAOnNBf4f

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 2, 2015

In case you're wondering if your eyes have cleverly deceived you, they have not. Jeb Bush, during an event in South Carolina, actually said: "Stuff happens, there's always a crisis, and the impulse is always to do something and it's not necessarily the right thing to do." While those who dare point out the idiocy of Bush's quote on Twitter surely face the risk of their mentions devolving into Republican-leaning semantics, there really is no flattering way to frame this.

For more on Jeb! Bush's general campaign platform, please consult any / all Onion articles.

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