Jeb: I Pledged To Support the GOP Nominee But Trump Won’t Be Our Nominee

STEPHANOPOULOS: “And your — Mike Fernandez went on to say that if Trump gets the nomination, he’s going to support Hillary as the lesser of two evils. You’re committed to supporting Donald Trump. I know you don’t think he’s going to get it. I know you think you’re going to be the nominee. But you’re committed to supporting Donald Trump if he’s the Republican nominee?”
BUSH: “I have pledged to support the Republican nominee. And Donald Trump is not going to be the Republican nominee.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “So walk us through how you get from here to there. I know you’re meeting with your donors in Miami this week and you say your message is working out there on the stump. But you’ve already spent about — at least the super PAC has already spent about $30 million on television. It hasn’t moved the needle so far. What is the strategy that gets you to victory going forward?”
BUSH: “Out-work, out-organize in these early states — it’s exactly what we’re doing — and make progress. At this time in the previous elections, the election wasn’t decided. And it won’t be decided until we start the process in February and go to March, where a majority of the states will have their primaries and caucuses.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “Can you get to March if you don’t win one of those first three, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina?”
BUSH: “Don’t forget Nevada.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “And Nevada?”
BUSH: “Yes. I think I can. But I’m going to do well in those.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “Are you going to win?”
BUSH: “I’m going to work as hard as I can and I think that people are going to be drawn to our message that is more hopeful and optimistic and by a messenger that actually can do the things that he says he wants to do.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “You’ve also suggested out on the stump that you would pick a female for your vice presidential running mate if you get the nomination.” [Crosstalk]
BUSH: “Well, I didn’t say that — I didn’t say that, but I do — I do believe that our team has the broadest bench of really talented women that are in office already and the selection for a vice president will be — will be an exciting one for whoever wins the nomination.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “Governor Bush, thanks for joining us this morning.”
BUSH: “You bet.”