Posted on 09/03/2015 7:58:24 AM PDT by jimbo123
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is defending his use of Spanish on the campaign trail, calling Donald Trump’s criticism of him a “joke” that made him laugh.
“I laughed. I mean this is a joke,” Bush said when asked by ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos about his response to Trump’s attack. “Part of it is, you laugh, because it’s so bizarre but it’s hurtful for a lot of people and Mr. Trump know there is. He’s appealing to their angst and fears rather than higher hopes.”
In an interview with Breitbart News, Trump chided Bush for speaking Spanish to attack him.
“I like Jeb,” Trump said. “He’s a nice man. But he should really set the example by speaking English while in the United States.”
During an interview with “Good Morning America,” Bush defended his use of Spanish in an appearance at a bilingual school in Miami, after students and reporters asked him questions in Spanish.
“[T]hese young beautiful kids all speak English but also speak Spanish and one of them asked me a question in Spanish and I answered it. That’s the reality of America, that’s the goodness of America. That’s the kind of America we want,” he said
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Jeb is such a scumbag, if it were up to him he wouldn’t even attempt to pander to conservatives, but he needs to because without us he can’t win. A big problem with Bush is that he doesn’t pander well and Trump is slicing and dicing him at every opportunity
Every time I think this man cannot say another thing stupid, tin-eared, or moronic, he proves me wrong.
I’m not a historian, but can someone tell me the last time we elected a president who did not speak English at home????
I’m convinced that Yeb has a screw loose, seriously. Did he really sign his census form “Hispanic?” What sort of a normal human being tries to change their PUBLICLY KNOWN ethnicity? How is this different from the nut who passed herself off as African-American some months ago?
As half the country is ticked off at “one for English, two for Spanish” he says that?
Call me gobsmacked.
It = If
That’s funny, but shouldn’t it be a sombrero?
They have been good. If a producers were smart (they are not) they would put them on the air WITHOUT CHANGING A SINGLE THING.
His wife wears the pants in the family!
Liberal Twilight Zone - Jeb joins?
Rush is now ripping Jebbie a new one just by broadcasting Jebbie’s full remarks in the original Spanish.
Lots of Americans hate the push one for English button. Many hate bending over backwards for the Mexicans. Why should the majority have to learn a new Language? Maybe the USA should pay Mexico to teach their kids how to speak English? they will all be moving here anyway? The Spanish thing isn’t a good tactic outside of the Barrio! Even in the Mexican neighborhood many want their kids to learn English. They have fewer job opportunities in they only speak poor Spanish. In this Trump is right.
Could the GOPe come up with a worse candidate then Jebba the Hut ? We don’t speak your language Jebba. You could drag a $20 bill through a trailer park and come up with a better candidate than Jeb Bush.
Keep digging Jeb. This retarded statement PROVES you care more about illegal aliens than real Americans. If a Hispanic is a LEGAL immigrant (applies to all immigrants) they have to speak English. At least that was a requirement for citzenship.
So if speaking Spanish is part of America then who is speaking it Jeb? Illegal aliens.
If the kid understands English why didn't you answer in English. Do you know which is the primary language of this country El Bushe?
Jeb asked one of the kids in Spanish where she wanted to go to college.
She responded in Spanish that she didn’t know and asked him how she could get college financial aid as an illegal.
Jeb is just showing the views of his corporate donors ($100 million) puppet masters who want cheap labor. He is a big reason why American is not great anymore.
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