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What’s the aphorism? When you’re in a hole, stop digging? Jeb! Bush was in McAllen, Texas today, at the border with Mexico, raising funds and speaking Spanish. He was also deflecting persistent questions about his use of the expression “anchor babies,” which has had the mainstream media hounding him since he spoke it on Bill Bennett’s radio show last Wednesday (19 August). As Politico primly puts it: “Anchor babies” is a derogatory term used to describe children who are born in the United States to undocumented parents. Now, first of all, the MSM seem to have suffered CLIF — complete...

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush rebuffed claims that the phrase “anchor baby” is offensive towards Hispanics, saying the media needs to “chill out” and that in any case the term is more targeted at Asians anyway.Bush first used the phrase “anchor baby” last Thursday on a conservative radio talk show, saying he supported greater efforts to prevent pregnant women from coming to the U.S. solely to give birth here. The term was dubbed offensive by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and much of the media suggested the term was anti-Hispanic.But at a Monday appearance in McAllen, Texas, a majority-Hispanic city...