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.
Bless his heart…He’s trying so hard .
good start, idiotic finish
“tears down those who disagree with him” is a bigger whopper than the Muslim crap.
It was a display of cojones until it wasn’t.
I think Jeb’s on shaky ground here. He might have waited for some of the others to commit to this…
I got a pal who gets drunk with Obama at a Southeast DC mosque every Thursday nite.
Nobody knows about this yet…