Posted on 09/06/2018 10:53:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, told CNBC on Thursday he feels like a "fish out of water" in the current state of divisiveness in America.
Asked if he'd ever consider running for president again, the 66-year-old former Florida governor said: "I don't know. I love policy. I love my country. But this political environment right now, I'm not suited for. To be honest with you. I'm a fish out of water. I can't imagine having to attack someone to make yourself look strong."
In the "Squawk Box" interview, Bush said he did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 election and did not vote for Hillary Clinton.
However, Bush said, "I'm not a 'never Trumper.'" He said fellow Republicans should work with and "praise the president when he does good things," such as tax reform and deregulation.
"But when he goes beyond the line, or anybody else does for that matter, you have to stand on principle," he said.
"I don't blame Donald Trump for the cultural malaise that we're in. He's a byproduct of it," Bush said. "The cultural environment has changed."
The division in the U.S. is "dangerous," he argued....
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He would never secure the border or enforce the laws, just like his brother and father.
And every other Bush League Republican.
That’s why we needed Trump.
poor Jeb just doesn’t get it.
To an increasing number of conservatives, he simply represents the weak and spineless right-wing of a socialistic Progressive permanent government bureaucracy and Uniparty.
My goodness, how stunningly pathetic! I’m so glad he didn’t get the nomination.
“I’d never do what Trump did to get elected, promise to represent the people.” “nope, I would just use the family name and cocaine-illegal oil trade-Saudi money to get elected, and my smarmy mediocre personality.”
You know I just had one of my late night lightning bolts of realization after nodding out in bed for an hour and reawakening a bit
Trump exposes more about himself than any president we’ve ever had ....but the real truth is he exposes more about the rest of the folks who seek power and that exposure shows how truly craven and vapid they are.
His personality causes them to expose themselves for what they really are....desperate self important fools with zero foundation of core values
Jeb for example with his patrician narcissism actually thinks anyone cares
3 Bushes in less than 30 years. Do these slimy aholes think America is a monarchy? /rhet.
“His personality causes them to expose themselves for what they really are....”
It’s something to behold. Thank goodness we have this reprieve from the usual suspects.
I preferred Trump over Jeb! because Trump was going to do what was necessary to defeat the Clinton machine. Clinton would have squashed Jeb! like a bug, the way Trump did.
Amen and amen
First, find purgatory for me in the Bible.
Likely a GOPe/Uniparty dream..................
Beta male.
What did America do so wrong that we are still afflicted with Jeb and kasick and flake?!
Jeb holds no office and the other two will be out of office in months.
It sounds like Saint Jeffy Flake is writing sound bites for the virtuous Low Energy Jeb.
Lest we forget about Jebbie: spent $150 million dollars, got exactly three delegates.
LMAO
Yeb had the tippytoe advantage
“.....I love policy......”
That’s a winner.....
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