2024 candidate Suarez faceplants in radio interview: 'What is a Uyghur?'

Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez appeared to admit during a Tuesday morning radio interview about national security that he does not know what a Uyghur is. The admission from Suarez came during an appearance on The Hugh Hewitt Show, where Hewitt asked Suarez, "Will you be talking about the Uyghurs in your campaign?" "The what," Suarez, the current mayor of Miami, responded. Republican presidential candidate and Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez delivers remarks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference on June 23, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) "What's a Uyghur," Suarez inquired further. Moving on from the question due to Suarez's inability to identify what a Uyghur is, Hewitt told the mayor, "You've got to get smart on that."