NBC’s Holt Hounds Jeb on Race: Is GOP ‘Fundamentally out of Touch?’

NBC's Holt Hounds Jeb Bush On Race; Wonders If GOP is 'Fundamentally Out of Touch' (NewsBusters) 

On Friday's NBC Nightly News, Lester Holt badgered former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on the issues of race and racism. Holt underlined how "12 percent of African-Americans, 25 percent of Latinos have a favorable view of the Republican Party," and asked, "Is it a perception problem, or is this party fundamentally out of touch – tone-deaf – to minority communities?" He later played up how Bush "never used the word 'race' or 'racism'" during a speech "in front of a predominantly black audience."