Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is praising Jeb
Bush for being bilingual -- but she would prefer people in this country
"speak American."
"It's a
benefit of Bush to be able to be so fluent, because we have a large and
wonderful Hispanic population building America, and that's a great connection
he has with them," Palin told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview that aired
Sunday on "State of the Union." "On the other hand, I think we
can send a message and say, 'You want to be in America, A, you'd better be here
legally or you're out of here. B, when you're here, let's speak American. ...
Let's speak English, and that's a kind of a unifying aspect of the nation is
the language that is understood by all."
Donald Trump
recently criticized Bush for answering a question in Spanish, saying the former Florida
governor should only speak in English in when the U.S. Bush said he answered in
Spanish because he was asked the question in Spanish.
Palin also
disagreed with a recent statement by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who said
last week that the Republican Party "often
appears cold and unwelcoming to minorities."
"I can't
think of any Republican that I know who would have that in their heart,"
Palin said. "(The Republican Party) is the party that would wish to bring
people in together, standing together, putting America first, even in terms of
the culture, accepting people's differences and the diverse views and
everything else, because we have common sense driving our party," she
said.
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