First, the Iraq War wasn’t a mistake. Then, Americans should work longer hours. Next, let’s ‘phase out” Medicare. After that, Black Lives Matter is a “slogan.” Last week, he was “not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues.”
Last night, it happened again.
Adding to his long list of gaffes, Jeb “disappointed” a registered Republican and veteran who asked if the long wait for adult siblings and parents to immigrate would be shortened under his policies. Bush responded that it was “not gonna happen.” So much for appealing to voters on immigration.
Here’s a Throw Back Thursday look at Jeb’s Mitt Romney moments:
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Wednesday that in order to grow the economy “people need to work longer hours” — a comment that the Bush campaign argues was a reference to underemployed part-time workers but which Democrats are already using to attack him.
During an interview that was live-streamed on the app Periscope, Bush made the comments to New Hampshire’s The Union Leader answering a question about his plans for tax reform.
“My aspiration for the country and I believe we can achieve it, is 4 percent growth as far as the eye can see. Which means we have to be a lot more productive, workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. It means that people need to work longer hours” and, through their productivity, gain more income for their families. That’s the only way we’re going to get out of this rut that we’re in.”
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush appeared at a New Hampshire event last night sponsored by the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity, and the former governor raised a few eyebrows with his comments on the future of Medicare.
“The left needs to join the conversation, but they haven’t. I mean, when [Rep. Paul Ryan] came up with, one of his proposals as it relates to Medicare, the first thing I saw was a TV ad of a guy that looked just like Paul Ryan … that was pushing an elderly person off the cliff in a wheelchair. That’s their response.
“And I think we need to be vigilant about this and persuade people that our, when your volunteers go door to door, and they talk to people, people understand this. They know, and I think a lot of people recognize that we need to make sure we fulfill the commitment to people that have already received the benefits, that are receiving the benefits. But that we need to figure out a way to phase out this program for others and move to a new system that allows them to have something – because they’re not going to have anything.”
Jeb Bush looked to quiet the firestorm that erupted after he said Tuesday he was “not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues,” as Democratic presidential candidates pounced.
“The next president should defund Planned Parenthood,” he’d told the Southern Baptist Convention crowd. “I have the benefit of having been governor and we did defund Planned Parenthood when I was governor. We tried to create a culture of life across the board. The argument against this is, well, women’s health issues are going to be, you’re attacking, it’s a war on women, and you’re attacking women’s health issues.
“You could take dollar for dollar — although I’m not sure we need a half a billion dollars for women’s health issues — but if you took dollar for dollar, there are many extraordinarily fine organizations, community health organizations, that exist, federally-sponsored community health organizations, to provide quality care for women on a wide variety of health issues,” he said. “But abortion should not be funded by the government.”
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Thursday that “Black Lives Matter” is a “slogan” and that Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley should not have had to apologize to activists for using the words “all lives matter” instead.
“We’re so uptight and so politically correct now that you apologize for saying lives matter? ” he told a reporter in New Hampshire. “Life is precious. It’s a gift from God. I frankly think that it’s one of the most important values that we have. I know in the political context, it’s a slogan, I guess.”
Footage of the exchange was publicized by Democratic group American Bridge.
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Richard Carreon, 35, of Las Vegas, told the candidate that as a young child he immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines with his family. His adult sister was separated from the family for a decade because of delays in the family reunification system, he said.
Bush responded that he supported family reunification for spouses and minor children, but thought the nation’s policy of including adult siblings and adult parents was too broad.
“I was very disappointed,” said Carreon, a retired member of the military and registered Republican.
Published: Aug 13, 2015