It’s nothing new to see the billionaire businessman tangling with the former Florida governor – but this piece of data he twice repeated was a novel talking point, seeking to illustrate the efficiency of his campaign compared to Bush’s. His rivals say that, after other candidates drop out, they can beat Trump one-on-one.
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“Not at all. I have said my plate is full”, Haley told the Fox News in an interview when asked about latest media reports that Rubio-Haley would be a dream Republican ticket. “Now other people are doing it, but Jeb was doing it standing alone”. Amazingly, Trump – who says he has never asked God for forgiveness despite trying to abuse eminent domain to take an old lady’s home and cheating on his first wife Ivana Trump – is still very competitive with Cruz among evangelical voters, 29% versus 26%. 5 points ahead of Rubio, according to Real Clear Politics’ aggregated polling data.
The muddled position emerged as Trump fended off criticism of his recent attacks against former President George W. Bush and his handling of the war in Iraq, which he has called “the worst decision in USA history”. I suspect that Trump likes wars, after all-he just doesn’t like losing them. “He’s not that guy. I am”. “He also talked about having a wall was not Christian”.
As the crowd applauded, one woman stood up to leave.
“I’m marking her down as neutral”, Bush quipped.
The fight, complete with an abundance of lying accusations between the two GOP presidential candidates, has exponentially amplified on the campaign trail with the SC primary just days away. At the town hall, he told Anderson Cooper he didn’t remember the conversation, but he said, “I mean, I could have said that…. But my job was to find the person I thought would do it best”.
“The pundits act like it’s all decided, it’s all finished, we should stop campaigning, maybe (sarcastically) it’s all done, that’s not how democracy works, right?”
Christie ended his presidential bid after a disappointing finish in New Hampshire and his endorsement is now up for grabs. Complicating it all is immigration, the issue the party’s pragmatic professionals can’t square with the passions of their most faithful voters. And neither voted for Bush.
Yet Bush struck an nearly rueful chord as he wrapped up his remarks in Rock Hill.
“When you start looking at those down ballot candidates and where they are faring, every single undecided vote adding percentage points to narrow that gap is huge”, said Tap McNey, political consultant.
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“When you’re in public office, you’re not really there to be a preacher, you’re there to be a public official and that’s the way it should be on the Supreme Court”, he said.
