Jeb Ducks Question on Supporting Trump if He Is the Nominee

‘George I said that in terms of divisiveness we’d be worse off’

STEPHANOPOULOS: “For several months now, no candidate has been tougher on Mr. Trump than you have. You’ve even said we’ll be worse often than we are now if Trump is elected president. If you believe that, how can you pledge to support him if he’s the nominee?”
BUSH: “George, I said that in terms of divisiveness, we’d be worse off. We certainly are going to be worse off. We can’t be worse off as it relates to the national security of this country with Hillary Clinton as president, or on economic security issues, as well. But in terms of dividing our country, which — that’s the skill set of Donald Trump, that’s bad. And it’s wrong. You can’t disparage women, Hispanics, the disabled, people who are war heroes and expect that we’re going to live in a country where we have a unity of purpose. The president of the United States has to use words carefully. And profanity and divisive language isn’t going to help us to lift people out of poverty. We allow for people to get a pay raise for the first time in a decade.”

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