Jeb Hits Trump: Obama Is ‘American’ And ‘A Christian’

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush a speaks to employees at Foss Manufacturing during campaign stop Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in Hampton, N.H, Bush says Donald Trump is "too pessimistic," a... Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush a speaks to employees at Foss Manufacturing during campaign stop Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in Hampton, N.H, Bush says Donald Trump is "too pessimistic," and that picking the businessman as the Republican presidential nominee would lead the party to defeat on Election Day. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) MORE LESS
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday night bashed his fellow Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, who did not correct a man who said President Obama is a Muslim and was not born in the U.S.

“Barack Obama is a talented man — and by the way he’s an American, he’s a Christian — his problem isn’t the fact that he was born here or what his faith is,” Bush said in a Michigan speech, according to the Washington Post. “His problem is that he’s a progressive liberal who tears down anybody that disagrees with him.”

When asked later if Trump should have apologized, Buch said he “spoke to it” during his speech, according to the Post.

Trump got into hot water on Thursday night when an audience member at a New Hampshire town hall asked the real estate mogul about “training camps” for Muslims, stating that Obama himself is a Muslim. Trump nodded along during the question, and did not correct the man’s assertions about Obama.

Despite criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, Trump stood by the way he handled the question, noting on Saturday morning that he is not “morally obligated” to defend Obama.

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