Jeb Hits Back At Trump After Attack Video On Immigration

Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, speaks during a town hall style campaign stop, at the VFW in Englewood, Colo., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Jeb Bush came back swinging on Monday after Donald Trump hit him with video highlighting the former Florida governor’s April comment that undocumented immigrants enter the U.S. in “an act of love.”

Trump’s video displayed the mugshots of undocumented immigrants recently linked to murders and declared, “IT’S TIME TO GET TOUGH!”

In a memo published on Monday, Bush’s campaign hit Trump’s record on crime and his history supporting Democrats. Bush noted that Trump has expressed support for legalizing some illicit drugs, and that the real estate mogul has backed “soft-on-crime liberals” like Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The memo also displays a newspaper signed by Trump wishing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) luck.

The statement touts Bush as “a successful conservative governor” who was “tough on crime.”

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  1. No, no…that’s not how you “hit back”. You have to say something about his mother.

  2. You know, bragging about being a conservative doesn’t have quite the impact it did 15 years ago.

  3. Love the infighting!

  4. Being a “conservative” is no longer enough. Now, you have to prove you’re not one of those mealy-mouthed RINO wanna-bes who worship at BLOWBAMMA’s feet and are trying to bring THE OTHER into our pure MURKA.

    Unless you’re even MORE of a pompous blowhard asshole than Drumpf, well ah-doo-dee-clare that you must be one-uh-doze PHONYCONS.

    BURN THE WITCH!!

  5. Godalmighty I am bored with these two and their weird Dick Fencing.

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