Barbara Bush ‘seems’ to endorse Jeb
The Republican presidential hopeful also revealed that his brother, former President George W. Bush, “is going to be campaigning at my side”.
The ad coincides with a handwritten letter by the former first lady explaining why she thinks her son is the leader that the country needs. “Of all the people running, he seems to be the one who can solve the problems”. Mrs. Bush’s new comments appear to make reference to Donald Trump in light of his “Make America Great Again” call, a phrase borrowed from popular former President Ronald Reagan – and the large swath of Americans supporting Trump’s candidacy.
“He seems to be”. “I don’t think she was prepared to endorse anyone else, but it’s a nice validation just in case people were wondering”.
“It is not strong to insult women”, Bush said in a sharply worded laundry list of groups Trump has offended during his presidential campaign.
Bush, who’s tied with Rubio for third in the CNN/WMUR poll, went directly after the billionaire businessman in his remarks, saying that Trump’s trademark bravado and volume don’t represent strength.
Hewitt followed up, “Do you think that is Jeb Bush, Governor Bush’s theory, we are going down, let’s take everyone with us?” According to the campaign, the letter was her idea, and when the campaign fact-checked the statistics she used about his record, they found them all to be accurate.
It sounds reasonable and thoughtful enough – until Bush is standing on a debate stage with Trump, who likes to link the rise of ISIS to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the power vacuum that resulted after Hussein’s fall.
“They want to look at you”, he said of New Hampshire voters. The answer was “no” [underlined three times] as the sacrifice for his family was huge’. I changed my mind as it became clear that he is needed. As of late, he’s taken to calling his mother his “favorite Bush”. “I don’t know what you’re talking about”.
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union”, Bush hit the two for opposing President Barack Obama’s request for authorization to use military force after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accused of using chemical weapons against his own people.