Oooppps... Bush confused

Jeb Bush, talking about Tamir Rice, confuses Cleveland and Chicago

By Eliza Collins

Jeb Bush might need to brush up on his geography.

In an interview with ABC Politics during a campaign event in Lexington, South Carolina, the former Florida governor confused Chicago with Cleveland when talking about the case of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was killed by police.

“I think that Chicago’s got a lot of work to do to rebuild trust,” Bush said. "The level of violence is abhorrent."

“That happened in Cleveland,” ABC News reporter Candace Smith interrupted.

“Oh, I’m sorry," Bush said. "My bad."

He then went on to talk about policing controversies more broadly, arguing, “In every community where you have these cases, the elected officials and the police chief need to engage with the community to rebuild trust, but the process worked. If there's a grand jury that looks at all the facts and doesn't indict, maybe there's reasons for that."

On Monday, a grand jury in Cleveland decided not to charge the officer who shot Rice. The prosecutor, Tim McGinty, cited a “perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunication" and said he could not, in good conscience, recommend a trial based on the evidence available.