Jeb Bush Tweets Gun Pic Captioned ‘America,’ Mocked By Social Media

by Chelsea ReganFebruary 18, 2016, 9:58 pmNews, News Feed >

Jeb Bush – or Jeb Bush’s social media account manager – recently tweeted a picture of his gun, simply captioned, “America.”

Jeb Bush’s Gun

Seemingly out of the blue on Tuesday, Bush’s Twitter account published a tweet of the GOP presidential candidate’s gun emblazoned with “Gov. Jeb Bush.” All the caption reads is “America” followed by a period.

America. pic.twitter.com/TeduJkwQF3

— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) February 16, 2016

Many in political and media circles were left dumbfounded by the tweet, as gun rights has more or less become a background issue among those in the Republican field angling for a chance at the White House. New York real estate mogul/reality TV star-turned-presidential candidate Donald Trump still faces some questions about his loyalty to the second amendment. But Bush, who grew up and went to college in Texas and governed Florida, hasn’t faced such scrutiny.

This is basically a version of the self-posted picture that ended Anthony Weiner’s political career… https://t.co/3P4QQIV2HP — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 16, 2016

please take a gun safety course @JebBush, the safety on your firearm is OFF in this photo. irresponsible tweet. https://t.co/Sd2VoNgXJH

— t.c. (@chillmage) February 16, 2016

sadly the gun with Jeb Bush engraved on it is already polling better than he is in South Carolina — Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) February 16, 2016

Delete your account. https://t.co/UT19AT3Qyg

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 16, 2016

Some people on Twitter from other countries decided to play Bush’s game, posting snaps of things that they believe represent their country. Notably, most of the items captioned were food related – not weapons related.