Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R) on Tuesday couldnt say if he planned to use his 2024 presidential campaign to talk about Chinas human rights abuses against its Uyghur population because he didnt even know about it.

Will you be talking about the Uyghurs in your campaign? conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Suarez during an interview.

The what? asked Suarez.

The Uyghurs, said Hewitt.

Whats a Uyghur? replied Suarez.

Hewitt pivoted to a question about immigration policy, but not before chiding Suarez for needing to get smart about whats happening to the Uyghurs, the minority ethnic group in China that has been targeted for practicing Islam. The Chinese government has detained more than a million members of this and other Muslim groups, putting them into reeducation centers and subjecting them to forced labor, torture, rape and sterilization .

Suarez didnt do himself any favors later in the interview, when he joked about the homework he needs to do to learn about the atrocities against the Uyghurs.

Ill look at what a what was it, what did you call it, a Weeble? he said, laughing, referring to the egg-shaped childrens roly-poly toys popular in the 1970s.

The Uyghurs, said Hewitt. You really need to know about the Uyghurs, mayor. Youve got to talk about it every day, OK?

I will search Uyghurs, said Suarez. Im a good learner. Im a fast learner.