Posted on 10/19/2015 4:10:04 PM PDT by jimbo123
GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush is defending his brother, former President George W. Bush, against GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s reminder that 9-11 occurred under George W. Bush’s watch.
But the International Business Times (IBT) reports a number of the hijackers on 9-11 actually obtained Florida drivers licenses – or I.D. cards – while Jeb Bush was governor, which allowed them to blend into society.
On Friday, Trump noted 9-11 occurred while President George W. Bush was president, which led Jeb Bush to defend his brother, saying he kept America safe and calling Trump’s statement “pathetic.”
“Despite evidence that his brother’s White House was warned of imminent al Qaeda terrorist plots before 9/11, the candidate doubled down, tweeting a photo of his brother at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center in New York with the caption: ‘He kept us safe.’ The move drew criticism from families of some of the victims of the attacks,” IBT reported.
The report continued:
While Jeb Bush has called Trump’s criticism “pathetic,” the immigration policies of Bush’s gubernatorial administration were under the microscope in 2001 when law enforcement officials acknowledged that Florida had issued driver’s licenses or state identification cards to 12 of the hijackers, all of whom had come to the United States on visas. The St. Petersburg Times reported that at the time of the attack there was a warrant in Florida to apprehend one of the lead hijackers, Mohammed Atta, but “the warrant for Atta’s arrest was ignored.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Oh Dear ... so Jeb can’t say his brother protected us from harm, now can he?
So perhaps it could be said that in a round about way, Jeb was the ‘20th hijacker’ in that under his watch, he aided and abetted Mohammed Atta in perpetrating his terrorist plot?
Poor Jeb. Even when he thinks he got a sure way to nail Trump, it always seems to blow up in his face.
Was it illegal or something?
Please ignore the previous post. This is why I wish there was the ability to edit a post.
JEB Must like the taste of shoe leather because he’s constantly putting his foot in his mouth.
CC
Jeb Screwed up while he was busy killing Terry Schaivo he let hijackers on expired student visas get DLs ...
Wow, Jeb did a LOT of screwing up!
Trump should use this to the full extent!
Jeb Bush backs illegal-immigrant driver licenses
April 7, 2004
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Jeb Bush endorsed a bill to allow illegal immigrants to get driver licenses, saying they are in the state anyway and officials should accept that fact.
http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040407/news_1n7drivers.html
Like, DUH. This is news?
[ Oh Dear ...So Jeb is now complicit in that attack? ]
As the libs say “he sold them the gun”.....(I know it is not the same.)
Could they have boarded the plane without a drivers license as easily?
FUJB!!
Appears that Donald Trump yet again appears to be a move or two ahead of the rest of the field.
More crap to distract people from real issues.
Were they asking for ID’s then?
There was a lot of “immigration” into Florida during Jeb’s governorship .
George Bush had not been in office long enough to evaluate
Clinton’s regulations regarding visitor visa’s, interaction
between governmental agencies, etc.
It was an act of love.
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