Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in an interview aired Sunday that he hadn’t seen the memo released last week that outlined opposition research against GOP rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
The 112-page memo called Rubio a “risky bet.”
But Bush said in the interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd that he had never seen it, but read about it when it was released.
“I didn’t see it. I didn’t see it,” Bush said. “I don’t know.”
Todd asked Bush if the memo was something he wanted his campaign involved with.
“I want them to focus on winning New Hampshire, winning South Carolina, winning Iowa, winning Nevada. That’s our first mission,” Bush replied. “I want to unify the party and I’m focused on that, I’m focused on winning the primary and it’s got to be about me first and foremost.”
Watch his comments:
Of course he did not read it. It is 112 pages. That’s why you have people to sum it up in a 10 minute monologue.
I don’t think Rubio is his problem. The problem is Jeb! and the 100 pound albatross that is his brother’s record hanging around his neck.
“I want them to be focused …”
Um, shouldn’t he be at least nominally involved in the process … like actually reading opposition memos?
I guess Poppy told Jebby the family’s senior fixers were gonna handle it from here on out. Won’t work. He’s a dead man walking.
Poppy and Barb are currently experiencing agita on a scale that’s unheard of. The favored son, John Ellis, will not fulfill the dream they had of a bush presidency which the dolt of a son, the lesser brother, snatched from him, including campaign slogans, and which they were powerless to stop.
“I didn’t see it. I didn’t see it,” Bush said. “I don’t know.”……
"…. it’s got to be about me first and foremost."
Well there you have it.