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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Bush hopes to get the illegal vote. Trump should talk about this.
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Whew. That's quite a brickbat you've got there, Jebbie.
Which brings to mind my favorite, The Road Runner. In fact, some people here rather remind me of the coyote! :>)
No, you are not! It is an insult to Americans.
Have people in FL ever elected anyone good? Remember how the Bushes turned against Katherine Harris after all she did for them?
They were true Americans even without the language. I am certain they did not insist that American culture be changed to accommodate their customs from the old country.
B T T T
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