Can You Name a Country?

Senator Ted Cruz recently tweeted a segment that he likely did not realize was from our show. About two years ago, we went out on the street and asked people, if they could name a country on the map. Many of them could not. This had nothing to do with their political affiliation, but Ted Cruz posted it and wrote… “This is Bernie’s base - the same folks who tell pollsters that socialism is great because free stuff is cool & they have no idea how many countries have tried it and utterly failed. The antidote: facts, truth & substance.” Unfortunately, the guy talking about facts, truth and substance, made that all up. These were not Bernie supporters - we don’t know who they supported, we didn’t ask. Bernie wasn’t even running when we shot that. So, we decided to revisit this by asking people who do not support Bernie Sanders (in fact, quite the opposite) to name a country, and this is how that went.



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Can You Name a Country?

[doc_]

This is terrifying. Greetings from Germany, a continent of India.

[captainclean]

Half of these people look like they’ve never heard the word “country” before

[makesomenoiseagency]

and remember my fellow citizens: they are allowed to VOTE

[alexnorman]

This is very shocking, greetings from Warsaw, p.s. I've always wanted to go to Vancouver, France..

[jonathan]

This is horrible. Greetings from Poland, Africa’s largest country.

[maxence]

This is horrible.Greetings from France, a country in London

[malondahutson]

The fact that she said “Texas” so confidently when the lady pointed at THE COUNTRY SHE LIVES IN is so embarrassing.

[herrmannnachnahme]

The lack of shame is what makes this so very appalling.

[osmanomar]

that’s why american troops are all over the world. they don’t know where they are.

[oggy]

This is horrible . Greetings from India, a restaurant in your country

[Marcos-zwmd]

Great video! Greetings from Barcelona, Japan

[Flightgenic]

This is crazy, greetings from Beijing, New South Wales, Romania 🇷🇴

[sadeceturev]

This is horrible, Greetings from Turkey, a bird.

[adrianaflowers]

“USSR”

LOL homie is behind almost 30 years

[david]

The lack of curiosity people have is astounding.

[cmknoll]

As an American I'm both not shocked and, as always, incredibly saddened and embarrassed by people in this country.

[goldwolfgamerx]

“Go back to your country”

Point to it on the map and I will

[tagnetron]

This is how the rest of the world views Americans. Honest.

[NADA]

Really scary. Greetings from Portugal, Australia

[ChocolateTampon]

This is unbelievable. Greetings from the London Borough of Englandshire.