On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush once again
went after Donald Trump head on, taking aim at the front-runner's policy
proposals for dealing with immigration.
"He wants
everyone deported, which would tear family lives asunder," Bush told New
York radio talk show host John Catsimatidis, later calling Trump's plans
"unconstitutional."
"It's not conservative and it's not realistic and it does
not embrace American values," Bush added.
Similarly, on
Trump's signature idea of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, Bush
charged that the proposal is likely impossible.
"What
Donald Trump is proposing is a wall that can't be built, and if it was, it
would cost hundreds of billions of dollars."
Bush added that
"right now the number of Mexicans crossing the border is basically
flat," suggesting that Trump misunderstood the immigration issue. Bush
charged that "the immigrants that are crossing legally or illegally in
both cases are from Central America now."
Last week, Bush
went to McAllen, Texas, where he also criticized Trump and his views for
dealing with the immigration problem.
Still, Bush lobbed the billionaire who has roundly criticized
him since getting in the race some praise.
Acknowledging
his appeal and their different style, Bush admitted, "He has captured a
sizable amount of support based on connecting with people's anxiety about what
the future looks like."
Making sure to
finish with a jab, Jeb qualified his compliment, "He is not offering any
compelling proposals, though."
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