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After Jeb Bush said during Wednesday's debate that his brother George W. Bush "kept us safe" during his eight years in office, many journalists turned to Twitter and invoked 9/11 to claim otherwise.
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He kept us safe. Except 9/11.— Irin Carmon (@Irin Carmon) 1442455329.0
Jeb Bush about George W. Bush: "He kept us safe." Under whose watch did 9/11 happen?— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivia Nuzzi) 1442455307.0
The problem with Jeb Bush saying his brother "kept us safe" is that more Americans died in Iraq & Afghanistan than in 9/11.— Nicholas Kristof (@Nicholas Kristof) 1442455429.0
Bush kept us safe unless you were one of the 1000s who died on 9/11 or one of the 1000s who died in the unrelated war we fought afterwards— Judd Legum (@Judd Legum) 1442455529.0
"He kept us safe...remember that rubble?" - Jeb #GOPDebate http://t.co/015UkPyVf2 http://t.co/sni04sMjQf— Basel Hamdan (@Basel Hamdan) 1442456056.0
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