Jeb Repeatedly Ducks on Why He Recommended Inexperienced Rubio for VP
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
BAIER: “You look at the polls. Where do you have to finish?
BUSH: “The cumulative Bret Baier’s of the world will do that for me.”
BAIER: “Ahead of Marco Rubio.”
BUSH: “We have a great organization in South Carolina. We’re the best organized in Nevada. No delegate has been selected yet I’m soon this coronation stuff for a third person in Iowa. We’re going to elect a nominee that will get the bark scraped off him by the Hillary Clinton hit machine. I think there ought to be a little time to test all this out.”
BAIER: “You say he doesn’t have experience.”
BUSH: “No. You tell me what experience he has.”
BAIER: “Well, experience enough that you recommended him for vice president when Mitt Romney was looking.”
BUSH: “Except he doesn’t have the experience to make a tough decision?"
BAIER: "Why recommend him for vice president then if he didn’t have the experience back then?”
BUSH: “He would have earned it. Now he is running for the presidency. Does he have the experience? Name one thing that he’s done. Rick Santorum had a tough time. He ended up coming back doubling the sanctions against Hezbollah. That’s great. Except he didn’t even show up for the vote. That was it. Or the the corridor vote to amend ObamaCare. Great idea. Totally supportive have it. He took credit for something he didn’t do.”
BAIER: "You said that senator Rubio doesn’t have experience.”
BUSH: “You tell me. What is his experience?”
BAIER: "You did say —“
BUSH: "Speaker of the house.”
BAIER: "And he has been a senator for four years I’m not here to defend his experience but you recommended him to be a VP."
BUSH: "I’m running for president of the United States. My record of experience, cutting taxes."
BAIER: "I know. Why recommend him for Vice President.“
BUSH: "I’m running for president of the United States right now. I’m comparing myself to Marco Rubio. I’m not comparing Marco Rubio to other candidates who are perhaps going to be vice presidential candidates. That’s the point I’m making. I have a proven record. You can look at what did I and get some insurance that I have the ability to make a tough decision. That I won’t cut and run. I can forge consensus. I have the toughness to be president of the United States.”
