Consider that Bush is far more moderate than The Donald on immigration matters.
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“Are you aware that the term ‘anchor baby, ‘ that’s an offensive term?” She then posted a subsequent and identical tweet in Spanish.
“I’m going to watch and maybe I’ll see something I like”, said Sue Birck, an undecided retired school teacher. He got flustered, as he is apt to do when reporters listen more to his words than his intentions.
“No, I don’t. I don’t regret it”, Bush said sharply, growing testy with a questioner while talking to reporters.
BUSH: I don’t. I don’t regret it. The judge noted Thursday: “We wouldn’t be here today had the employee [Clinton] followed government policy”.
“Ultimately, this is a term that reduces a child’s existence and goal to a gross attempt to beat the system and that vulgarly distorts the reproduction and fertility of brown skinned immigrant women as sites of political debate over citizenship”, said Harvard University assistant professor Roberto Gonzalez, whose research focuses on undocumented youth.
Jeb Bush’s defense of the term “anchor babies” marks a departure from the messaging instructions that a GOP Hispanic outreach group he advised gave to Republican lawmakers in 2013. But this morning, The Washington Post reports that the head of the Jeb Bush super PAC says they not going to spend a dime on Trump and they’re hoping in the end it’s a matchup between Trump and Bush, David. At that point, some will defect to Jeb-or to Scott Walker, Marco Rubio and others. The group’s head gave a broad hint why during his opening speech, saying Medicaid provides “substandard care” and therefore expansion of the program should not occur: “They call that compassion, we call it immoral”. “They’re not just statistics”. “They’re doing that by buying politicians who are willing to support their agenda, including Rob Portman”, Strickland said. Should Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum drop out, none of the others has put in more work to attract the social conservatives they represent than Cruz.
“Have I gotten under Jeb Bush’s skin?”
“He’s not turning to page 47 of his policy positions to check his answers”, said Jamie Burnett, a GOP operative here backing Bush.
DOMINICK REUTER/REUTERS Jeb Bush also defended his use of the phrase “anchor baby” Thursday. “These are babies created in the image of God”. After taking questions from the crowd, Trump added “You know what is happening to Jeb’s crowd right down the street?” “And, look, I have some personal experience with this as a dad, and it is the most heartbreaking thing in the world to have to go through”.
Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and her staff have jumped into the Twitter feud, specifically calling out Bush for mimicking Trump’s rhetoric.
And in terms of current hot-button issues, it’s Bush, not Trump, who needs to convince the right of his bona fides. “People realize how offensive those words are”. In the first six months of 2011, for example, parents with U.S.-citizen children constituted 22% of deportees. Now slipping in the polls, Bush abruptly changed course over the last 24 hours, following some Republican competitors who acknowledge Trump has become a serious threat that must be dealt with head on. Trump this week said he doesn’t believe those children are American citizens, although the Fourteenth amendment to the constitution guarantees them citizenship.
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National polls show Bush among the top four in a field of 17 prominent Republicans running for president.
