Jeb: Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan ‘Does Not Reflect Our Nation’s Values’

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to reporters after a "Politics and Eggs" event, a breakfast fixture for 2016 presidential prospects, Friday, April 17, 2015, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb took a shot at GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s immigration plan Friday, tweeting that it’s “not conservative.”

The billionaire has vowed mass deportations of undocumented immigrants as President, an end to birthright citizenship for so-called “anchor babies,” and the construction of a massive wall to secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

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  1. Jeb! look at your party. Now, look at Trump. Look back at your Party. Now back at Trump. Now, realize that they are one in the same and that Trump is saying exactly what your Party believes.

  2. Looks like JEB made a phone call to his dear friend Marco last night. But they are both going to lose by taking what their base will see as a weak kneed approach on immigration.

    This year its the third rail of GOP politics, and Trump has super charged it with electricity. Both of them are going to face serious opposition to these comments, and I suspect that Marco buckles under first, leaving JEB! out there all on his own.

  3. Oh Jeb!, if you really believed tRump doesn’t represent your party’s values, you would be out there talking about anchor babies or repealing the 14th Amendment. Truth is Jeb!, you and your party are absolutely devoid of values. You want power, you want control, and you don’t care how you get it. You say you aren’t your brother or your father, but your foreign policy team IS your brother’s and your father’s.

    Oh, and Jeb!, some of us remember the government takeover that you called an attempt to save Terry Schiavo. You were everything the GOP has ever accused Obama of being. What’s worse, you had the idiots in Congress backing you.

  4. Avatar for JohnB JohnB says:

    I know it’s Twitter, which doesn’t exactly allow much space for an argument. But still: Some “shot.”

    Jeb! could take Twitter lessons from Trump, in fact. Here: I’ll show you: “@realDonaldTrump’s immigration is vacuous and crude. Like Trump himself. What a loser.” Plenty of room to spare.

    Or: “Those guys in Boston already implementing @realDonaldTrump’s immigration plan.”

    (Edit: Added “What a loser” to reflect Humpback’s fine suggestion in the interests of parodic accuracy of style.)

  5. How out of touch can you get, Jeb? All this statement proves is that Jebya IS the lack luster, low energy throw back character Trump describes him as. Trump is the modern Republican party and EVERYONE knows it. Every time Jebya opens his mouth he makes a bigger fool of himself, and by extension the Bush family.

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