Posted on 09/03/2015 11:00:34 AM PDT by jimbo123
Jeb Bush took his offensive against Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on the road to this early voting state on Thursday, lambasting the real estate mogul's proposals in his opening remarks and defiantly responding to his jeers. He also faced some heat on immigration, Trump's signature issue.
Trump has criticized Bush for speaking Spanish on the campaign trail. Bush said Thursday he believed in campaigning with "brazos abiertos -- with our arms wide open." Trump has accused Bush of lacking the "energy" to be president. Bush vowed to "wake up each day with passion and conviction to make sure people's pocketbooks are filled with more money."
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And while Trump wasn't in the room, some of Trump's immigration views were represented by Dennis Lamare, 58, an unsuccessful 2010 Republican candidate for Senate.
"Right now there's an air of appeasement," said Lamare. "It's, 'let them come in! Let them go where they want!'"
Bush waited as Lamare laid out a long, immigration restrictionist argument. The candidate then delivered his own familiar plan for earned legal status, before inviting Lamare to follow up.
"What are you going to do about Mexico?" he asked. "We’re being defensive! Why don’t we be offensive for once?"
"They should enforce their southern border," said Bush.
"What about the northern border?" asked Lamare.
"The northern border is not where, in the last five years, immigration has come from," said Bush. "It has not come from Mexico."
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Self-inflicted for sure!
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