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Jeb Bush wants Margaret Thatcher on $10 notes

Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush participate in the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California.

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The second 2016 Republican primary debate was full of heated exchanges, personal attacks, and curious questions, but the most awkward moment might have come when Jeb Bush said he would put another country’s leader on American currency. Mr. Bush’s choice drew applause.

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Baroness Thatcher should be on the American ten dollar bill, according to Jeb Bush. “You could have an avalanche of interest in picking the woman that should be on the $10 bill”, he said.

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“It’s probably illegal, but what the heck”, Bush said Wednesday night, in what seemed like a tacit admission that the whole idea is a little out there.

Their selection onto a new note design will be announced later this year and the bill will actually enter commercial circulation much later on in 2020.

Speaking about his choice, Mr Bush said: “I would go with Ronald Reagan’s partner, Margaret Thatcher.”

Carly Fiorina said that the bills should be left as they are: instead every woman should be given the opportunity “to live the life she chooses”.

Ohio governor John Kasich also opted for a foreigner in Mother Teresa.

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Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and former Florida governor Jeb Bush