He was left struggling to defend his use of it. It may have been a signal that the attack-dog crouch he’s taking is still one that isn’t completely comfortable to Bush, who earlier said he wanted to campaign “joyfully”. The reporter replayed it yet again on Friday. Trump also defended the use of the term anchor babies Wednesday and also bragged about the wall he plans to build along the Mexican border, saying it would look good as well as keep people out.
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“When people look at his record, it is not a conservative record”, Bush said.
Jeb Bush is getting some fundraising help from 41 and 43.
The move to more hot rhetoric may have tripped Bush up, though.
Despite their front-runner status, Trump and Clinton top the list of candidates with the worst favorability ratings in the three swing states. ABC’s Tom Llamas has been following it all and has the latest from Atlanta, Georgia this morning. That trump event tonight set to be his biggest ever.
Bush and Trump Face Off in N.H. – and The Donald is WinningA Granite State duel [Washington Post]. “It wasn’t that long ago that he was … for a tax on assets”, Bush said. He started his criticism of Bush in a briefing with reporters and continued in the town hall. “For him to get things done is hard”, he said.
Trump has forced the GOP field to answer for an immigration platform that he debuted over the weekend which, among a wide array of policy prescriptions, calls for an end to birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants.
Straying from the advice of the Hispanic Leadership Network, Bush used the term on a conservative radio show on Wednesday.
Asked about his plans and positions, Trump sprinkled libertarian and moderate – if often vague – statements in with his more conservative ideas about immigration and the economy. It’ll disrupt – Hang on. It will disrupt family.
LLAMAS: Are you aware the term anchor baby, that an offensive term?
As the Washington Post pointed out, Bush spoke to a “sedate” crowd of about 150, while Trump did his thing with a far larger capacity crowd.
“That’s disgusting if it’s the case”, Bush said of the alleged beating. Bush shouted back. “Do you have a better term?” I’m not – I’m asking you. “You give me a better term and I’ll use it”, he testily told a reporter who questioned him.
“I get my views from the media”.
“He’s going to have to account for the fact he was for a single-payer system, he was for partial-birth abortions”, Bush said.
“During a press conference today, Jeb Bush tried to outdo Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates by doubling down on the hateful term “anchor baby” when referring to the U.S. born children of immigrants”, Praeli said.
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It all happened as the campaign trail heats up over the topic of immigration.
