Bush upbraids Trump at New Hampshire Republican forum
Suddenly Barbara Bush shows up, like a human logo.
Republican presidential candidate, Sen.
Mary Barbato, a MA resident trying to decide between Cruz, Rubio and Trump, said she was disappointed that Trump and Cruz weren’t on the lineup but said she liked what she heard from the Florida senator.
“I think at the end of the day, people are gonna want to know who can keep us safer and stronger and freer, who is a leader, who can do this job”, Bush said.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush kisses his mother Barbara Bush as he is introduced to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on June 15, 2015 in Miami.
Once the golden hope of the 2016 Republican ticket for the White House but now the butt of frontrunner Donald Trump’s mockery, Jeb Bush has called on his mother to help him win.
Can you help a brother out?
Trump mocked Bush for having the support of his “mommy”.
A new CNN/WMUR poll ranks Bush tied with Rubio for third place with 10 percent of the vote in upcoming New Hampshire caucuses, a welcome statistic Bush believes is the beginning of what will be his dramatic rise in the polls.
Most experts give Cruz the upper hand, even though Trump is actually leading in polls all across America.
He slammed Trump for saying Sen. Rand Paul, former CEO Carly Fiorina and former Pennsylvania Sen. But the buzz at the forum instead focused on two NY billionaires who weren’t there: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and former mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Acknowledging the expectations are higher on him running as the 3rd Bush to become president of the United States, Jeb stressed, “If you can’t get through the primary the right way, how are you going to be dealing with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin?”
Rising tensions reflect Cruz potentially helping to dent the Bushes position as one of the nation’s pre-eminent political families.
“Tomorrow, I’m rooting for the Patriots”, he said to laughs and cheers from the crowd, many of whom crossed state lines to travel up to Nashua, which is just about an hour away from Boston. But on With All Due Respect today, co-host Heilemann said thatwhereas her public image was that of a “lovely and matronly figure”, First Lady Barbara Bush was in fact as “mean” and tough as anyone.
In the radio spot, the campaign uses audio of Jerry Falwell Jr. introducing Trump at Liberty University and praising his character.