Despite the call by Walker for more candidates to drop out of the race, Bush said he’s all in.
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A small group of protesters holding signs.
Bush was then able to continue undeterred and seemingly stronger after the confrontation, aided by security that only allowed the interruption to last five minutes, quickly escorting the protesters out.
“Today I would like to honor three women, recognize them for the work they do”, Bush said as chants in the crowd began.
In celebrating successful Latina businesswomen, Bush parroted Trump’s slogan by saying “that’s what makes America great”.
Third, that Bush takes some aim at unwarranted tax breaks for the wealthy.
Photo source: Daily Mail.com.
Bush is vowing to nominate judges who would limit regulators’ authority, and promising to promote legislation to “limit the deference courts give to agency interpretations of congressional enactments”. He also made sure to note that Bush speaks ideal Spanish.
Watch the video of Bush’s remarks, above. They all speak English by the way, in case you were anxious . “They’re bilingual”.
Unlike Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, each of whom is the product of a traditional immigrant narrative of wholesale assimilation and striving, Bush is a complicated outlier.
“Bring common sense back”, he said, receiving a loud ovation.
But like other Republican presidential hopefuls, Bush wants to secure the border with Mexico before dealing with millions of people here illegally. But we don’t need to build a wall.
“Giving people a chance to earn legal status would be a far better approach, where people come out from the shadows. We of course also have a Texan and a Mexican in our family so it is quite a mixture – very American“.
That was certainly Bush’s pitch, with the former governor emphasizing that “it shouldn’t matter if you have a “z” at the end of your name or your accent might be different”.
But those four words refocused a campaign in desperate need of a “moment”, and signaled the extent to which Jeb Bush has become comfortable – even eager – to highlight rather than play down his family ties.
“We’re in the beginning process, I’m going to be ramping it up”, he said, according to sources in the meetings, and pointed to his campaign manager Danny Diaz and head of Latino engagement, Jose Mallea, who was in the room, as evidence of this focus.
Among Republicans, the 43rd president is more popular now than at any point since leaving office, but Americans overall still have mixed feelings about him.
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The conversation picked up again in recent days as billionaire Donald Trump failed to correct a man at a campaign rally who said President Barack Obama is a Muslim.
