“I think he would have done better”, Trump said. “When somebody’s in default, that means the other side can do what they have to do … And there’s no doubt in my mind that Jeb Bush has the experience and the character to be a great president”.
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The first group, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, will be in Greenville, South Carolina for Wednesday night’s prime time broadcast. “Because some of the views I don’t agree with”, Trump himself said, defending his use of eminent domain; he also praised Planned Parenthood for good work on women’s health.
For the Republicans, the only thing that is clear heading into the SC primary appears to be Trump’s grip on the lead following his victory in the New Hampshire primary.
Tensions between Jeb Bush and Trump boiled over on Saturday at the last Republican primary debate, in which the real estate mogul blasted former president Bush’s national security record and said it was under Bush’s watch that the World trade Centers in NY fell on November 9, 2001.
South Carolina’s GOP Primary is scheduled for February 20th, this Saturday, and for the GOP candidates it is a dead sprint to the voters and the ballot box. However, Trump said the Iowa Republican Party should disqualify Cruz’s win “if they had any guts”.
President George W. Bush, hoping SC voters deliver for Jeb like they did for W. I’ve been misunderestimated most of my life.
Trump criticized the former president during Saturday’s debate for launching the Iraq war. Bush said Trump disparaged women and John McCain, a parry that hasn’t worked yet, and Trump seized on Bush’s comment that if he mooned no one would notice. “It’s not that I’m disowning my family”, he said.
The survey found that while the vast majority of Trump supporters backed his pledge on the issue, 31% want it to go even further – backing a ban on homosexuals entering the United States as well. “I will continue to focus on substance and truth and let other candidates focus on the insults”. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tied for second with 18%.
On Tuesday, Trump repeatedly called Cruz a liar while speaking to the media and campaigning on the trail. Why is he going after me each and every day?
On Tuesday, Bush said he’d considered trying to ignore Trump, but said he couldn’t because Trump had to be stopped.
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“The power he would bring to the office is bringing people into the party”, S.C. Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, a Trump backer, said ahead of his speech Monday.
