Jeb Clarifies ‘Anchor Baby’ Remarks: ‘It’s More Related To Asian People’

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush attempted to clarify his remarks about “anchor babies” during a stop near the U.S. border with Mexico on Monday, saying Asian immigrants are really more of the problem.

When asked if he thought his repeated use of the term “anchor babies” – a derogatory term for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrant parents – Bush said: “What I was talking about was the specific case of fraud being committed where there’s organized efforts, and frankly, it’s more related to Asian people coming into our country and having children in that organized effort.”

Bush prefaced his answer with “as I said in Spanish,” and went on to rail against political correctness, saying “we need to chill out.”

Watch Bush’s full answer below, via YouTube user Jerry Pace:

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  1. Jeb, just shut up! Stop digging.

  2. Avatar for lew lew says:

    I guess “smarter older brother” is relative, like Moe vs. Curly.

  3. That headline gave me the first good hard laugh of the day. I swear that could be an Onion headline and not miss a beat.

  4. Wait, I thought we liked Asians. Aren’t they the good minority? I mean except for hogging all the in-state seats at Berkeley and UCLA, obviously.

  5. Avatar for debish debish says:

    WOW! i thought the headline was a prank, these fucking idiots just cannot help themselves

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