Jeb Bush: Trump’s Divisive Language ‘Reminds Me Of Barack Obama’ (VIDEO)

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during a forum Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush may have hit Donald Trump with the ultimate insult among Republicans: that the inflammatory GOP frontrunner reminded him of President Barack Obama.

“A conservative has to win to fix these things,” Bush said when asked by Fox News host Neil Cavuto about his interactions Trump. “Language that divides us — this reminds me of Barack Obama, not as a candidate but Barack Obama as President.”

“All he does is push people who don’t agree with him down to make his side look better and the divide makes it hard to solve problems,” Bush said.

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