Posted on 09/03/2015 5:18:34 AM PDT by jimbo123
Jeb Bush responded Thursday morning to Republican presidential rival Donald Trump's criticism of him speaking Spanish on the campaign trail, saying in a television interview that he "laughed" when he learned about Trump's remarks.
"People come to this country to pursue their dreams," Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America." "Sometimes they start without speaking English but they learn English and they add vitality to our country. And the fact that he would say that you only can speak English is kind of of ridiculous if you think about it. Are we going to close all the foreign language classes? Why would he have a contract with Univision for his beauty pageant?"
Bush added: "He wants to tear us down. He doesn't believe in tolerance."
The former Florida governor's comments marked the latest broadside in a quickly escalating war of words with the real estate mogul who has risen to the top of the GOP polls.
“I like Jeb,” Trump said in an interview with Breitbart News published Wednesday. “He’s a nice man. But he should really set the example by speaking English while in the United States.”
While Bush said he "laughed" at Trump's comment, he added that the remarks are "hurtful for a lot of people."
Bush's wife Columba was born in Mexico. They mostly speak Spanish at home. Bush responded to questions from Spanish-speaking reporters in Spanish earlier this week.
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Can this living cartoon dig himself a deeper hole?
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Keep digging, Jefe!
Hey Heb, try going to Mexico and see how much they tolerate a 2nd language. Hurtful? He makes me hurt just listening to him - which I normally avoid at all costs.
Thought you were supposed to pivot after the convention? Wonder if his donors are axing for a refund?
Pray America is waking
Shouldn’t he have said “Es ridículo” ?
You’re supposed to agree with Jeb...didn’t you hear them talking about it on “Fox and Friends” 15 minutes ago/sarc.....
Doubling down on being offensive, Jebbie?
“Can this living cartoon dig himself a deeper hole?”
No because he keeps trying to wash his hands after every hovel full to get the dirt off his liddle hands. The only problem is that someone keeps the liquid hand soap filled with Gorilla Glue.
:: Bush added:
“He wants to tear us down. He doesn’t believe in tolerance.” ::
Ummmm, when considering the US Constitution, wherein is said “tolerance” codified?
Gee, Yeb!, tolerance is a moral construct. Are you saying that the government should be the arbiter of our moral decisions?
No because he keeps trying to wash his hands after every hovel full to get the dirt off his liddle hands. The only problem is that someone keeps the liquid hand soap filled with Gorilla Glue.
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Thank you for the best laugh of the day!
Their children, all born here, went to school and worked all their lives. And all their sons (7 + 2) are/were WWII vets.
FU Jeb (no translation needed).
Personally, I find it bothersome that Jeb campaigns in Spanish. I don’t like it one bit. Am I the only one who feels this way?
Translation for Spanish speaking illegals:Pegue un tenedor en él que se hace
Translation for English speaking Americans:Stick a fork in him he is done.
Translation for Spanish speaking illegals:Pegue un tenedor en él que se hace
Translation for English speaking Americans:Stick a fork in him he is done.
“Bush added: “He wants to tear us down. He doesn’t believe in tolerance.”
What a coincidence, I do not believe in tolerance for law breaking, benefits grabbing, illegal aliens either.
TOUGH!
>>”Sometimes they start without speaking English but they learn English and they add vitality to our country.
But for some reason, if they are hispanic, they don’t learn english and they expect us to change our culture (and signs) to accomodate them.
“Press 1 for English” is why Trump is getting such good traction.
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