Weld downplays Johnson’s Aleppo gaffe, plays up libertarian-style Republicanism

BOSTON — Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate and former two-term Gov. William Weld addressed Emerson College students Thursday at an engagement open to the media, and predictably spent the bulk of his time addressing questions about his running mate's Syria gaffe.
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson, who tapped Weld to run with him in his longshot bid for the White House, earlier that day appeared miffed when asked about Aleppo, the besieged Syrian city at the heart of the country's refugee crisis, by MSNBC's Mike Barnicle.