Posted on 07/27/2015 5:26:41 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush put his Spanish-speaking skills to work Monday in a wide-ranging sitdown with Telemundo’s José Díaz-Balart that covered everything from the influence of Latin culture on his life to a promise of immigration reform to his thoughts on Cuba and Puerto Rico.
The former Florida governor, whose wife, Columba, is from Mexico, speaks Spanish fluently.
“We eat Mexican food at home, our children are Hispanic, and yes, the Hispanic influence is important,” Bush said according to excerpts from the interview, which he gave in Orlando.
Bush — among the many GOP hopefuls courting the Latino vote — took a poke at rival Donald Trump for his incendiary comments about Mexico and its immigrants.
“I was hurt hearing somebody speaking in such a vulgar fashion. This makes the solving of this problem much more difficult. When we have politicians talking like that, we cannot progress,” Bush said of Trump, who maintains that Mexico is sending “rapists” and other criminals across the border.
Asked about the Obama Administration’s re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, Bush chastised the President for “recognizing the Castro brothers without getting anything in return.”
Added Bush, according to a transcript, “Dictators are not going to leave quietly at night, they don’t leave. We must be vigilant and this President does not recognize that.”
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[The evil GOPe will NEVER get my support.]
Me neither, anymore. I am done.
Voted for McCain and then voted for Romney.
Anything to change. They all have no spine, no guts, no loyalty, no integrity.
They must be running a “Bush” to lose.
Jeb Bush is ignoring 300 million Americans.
Best idea yet.
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