Jeb Bush calls out Republicans silent on Trump's Russia probe

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/The Hill

Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) on Saturday called out Republicans for not speaking out about the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Speaking at the OZY Fest in New York City on Saturday, the Florida Republican and former opponent to President Trump gave the crowd a series of rules for politics, what he called "Jeb's rules."

The first rule wasn't caught on camera, but Bush's second "rule" spoke directly to the Russia investigation swirling around the Trump administration.

"If your opponent does things that you, your head explodes on, if Barack Obama did something as it's related to Russia, you say 'this is outrageous,' all this stuff, then when your guy does the same thing, have the same passion to be critical," Bush said.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jeb-bush-calls-out-republicans-silent-on-trumps-russia-probe/ar-AAoBPoA

[Sunlei]

1. Now I know why you cried when you quit the Republican campaign Jeb Bush. YOU should have

said something THEN to the American people about Republicans, Republican party- collusion with Russia.

Quitter! another republican quitter!

[LuckyLib]

2. Jebbie, you've been VERY quiet these past six months. You should have been

speaking up from the sidelines. You're not up for re-election, you don't have to cover your Repug ass and hunker down like the rest of them. Stand for something!

[cstanleytech]

7. To many Repugnants like Jeb sold out long ago and these days all they stand for is

their corporate sponsors.

[NewJeffCT]

18. Maybe he didn't have the energy to respond?

He was dubbed "low energy" by Trump 18 months ago or so

[meadowlander]

3. The dossier was your oppo research Jeb,

why not bring it out when it actually could have done some good (i.e. before the election)?

And the word you're looking for isn't "passion", it's "integrity".

[broadcaster90210]

4. He didn't get the memo this is a coup.

nt

[certainot]

5. russians used limbaugh/talk radio to help trump, attack bush and rubio - the

'establishment' candidates with the money. that's why trump didn't need money - the russians got him to study talk radio in 2014 and then they piggybacked it with their trolling- it was already the most effective propaganda operation in history, free for putin -

at a cheap $1000/hr x 15hrs/day x 5 = $75,000/wk x 1200 stations rw talk radio is worth $18MIL/day or 390MIL$ /month or 4.68 BIL$/ year FREE for coordinated global warming denial, pro republican free market deregulation and wall st think tank propaganda, swiftboating, and the hate and fear used to get people to vote republican.

so is putin paying limbaugh? it's possible.....

[MrPurple]

6. I wonder if Bush, Sr. would speak out if he was younger/healthier

At some point the shit's going to hit the fan in a constitutional crisis and Republican elders are going to need to take a stand.

[Tiggeroshii]

8. Could jeb launch a successful primary against Trump?

If these statements become normal, I suspect he may try.

[icymist]

9. Too little too late JEB!

He's speaking about it now because he feels it's 'safe' to do so.

[gordianot]

10. The main difference is JEB has different corporate sponsors.

Too bad oil fossil fuel Oligarchs prefer Russians.

[Rollo]

11. Unfortunately Jeb is asking the faithful to break the Republican 11th Commandment...

Which is, "Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican".

Even though this dates back to Ronald Reagan in 1966, it's still something that many Republicans take to heart. Even when their party is led by such a disreputable character as Trump.


.

[Kaleva]

12. Glad to see that at least some Repubs are openly critical of Trump &cronies

[Honeycombe8]

13. He's talking about the sanctions, probably. Not the investigation.

Since the investigation is unique to Trump and not something an opponent would have done. But going easy on sanctions or the like is something that an opponent would do.

[hibbing]

14. Please clap n/t

[keithbvadu2]

15. Jebbie is not doing it due to his supposed integrity.... It's just some hard feelings payback.

Jebbie is not doing it due to his supposed integrity.... It's just some hard feelings payback.

[mpcamb]

16. Jeb doesn't speak any better than his brother.

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That the kind of garbled text you hear from Louis Gohment.
G.H.W. Bush wasted a lot of money on tuition.

[truthisfreedom]

17. Jeb, you're not a member of the Democratic Party. Why don't you meet with our leadership

and formulate a plan to get an exterminator to clean up the problem.