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John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is the second son of former president George H. W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush, and a younger brother of former president George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republi…
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Born 11 February 1953 · Q221997
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This should not be that complicated. Gosh, it is right now.
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“The people of Iran, the region, Israel, America, and the world deserve better than a deal that consolidates the grip on power of the violent revolutionary clerics who rule Tehran with an iron fist.”
“This should not be that complicated. Gosh, it is right now.”
“I honestly think that that is a different kind of crime. There should be a price paid, but it shouldn”
“a couple of devious plans if this thing passes”
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The Hill: Jeb Bush raises alarm over Iranian drones in Cuba
The Guardian: Bill Clinton and Jeb Bush seek refuge from Trump impeachment storm
The Guardian: Melania Trump, Clintons and Obamas attend funeral of Barbara Bush
The Guardian: Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter reportedly agree $1.3bn deal to buy Miami Marlins
The Guardian: Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter reportedly teaming up in bid to buy Miami Marlins
Campaign ended: 2016 presidential election; endorsed Texas.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio "had it set so that the winner takes everything, because they wanted to make sure that I didn't get anything" in the Florida primary.” False.
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Claimed: “As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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The Guardian: Bush-whacked: Jeb joins brother and father in vowing not to vote for Trump
The Guardian: Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for Republican nomination
And was critical of Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, remaining so during Trump's presidencies
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Published video “Jeb: Thank You for the Opportunity to Run for the Greatest Office on the Face of the Earth”.
Shortly after the South Carolina primary, and finished sixth out of 17 contesters by both delegates number and popular vote
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Published video “Tested | Jeb Bush”.
Published video “Congressman Rice Introduces Jeb | Jeb Bush”.
Published video “Bush Country”.
Snopes.com rated the claim “Donald Trump boasted in a tweet that Jeb Bush failed to renew his domain registration, enabling Trump's campaign to redirect it to Trump's web site.” Mixture.
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Published video “Taking It To Trump | Jeb Bush”.
Published video “Jeb: Trump Weak For Bashing Women, Hispanics, John McCain”.
Published video “Jeb: Kasich Expanded Obamacare, I Fought Against It In Florida”.
Published video “Jeb: While Trump Was Building Reality TV Show, My Brother Was Keeping Us Safe”.
Published video “Jeb Schools Trump on Putin, Foreign Policy”.
Published video “Jeb: I Will Fight For A Justice With A Proven Conservative Record Like Justice Scalia”.
Claimed: “Mr. Trump tried to use eminent domain to take an older woman's home.” — rated He tried and failed. by The New York Times.
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Claimed: “Jeb Bush said he would move the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as a signal to Iran.” — rated Wishful thinking. by The New York Times.
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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Claimed: ““Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight.”” — rated In Syria, yes. by The New York Times.
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Claimed: ““If we were serious about it, we would raise the capital requirements.”” — rated They’re still big, that’s for sure. by The New York Times.
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At a multicultural campus of Miami Dade College
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Jeb Bush: no existe un plan para deportar a 11 millones de indocumentados
“2015-05-05, quoted in "Jeb: George W. Bush is a top foreign policy adviser". CNN. 2015-05-07. Retrieved on 2015-05-11.”
“I would have [authorized the invasion], and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got.”
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“s ban on allowing transgender people to openly serve in the military, so long as”
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Career landmark: presidential candidate (2015–2016).
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Bush took the position that people in the United States illegally should have a path to legal status, but not a path to citizenship, and said that legal status and avoiding deportation should require immigrants to pay fi
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Bush said he was conflicted about the death penalty
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Bush said that he does not support a further major commitment of U
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Bush announced via Facebook that he would be "actively exploring" a 2016 run to become President of the United States and at the end of the year resigned from several corporate boards
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After Bush left office, the Florida Supreme Court ruled the damage cap – the "centerpiece" of the 2003 legislation that Bush had pushed for – to be a violation of the state Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, discrim
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At the 19th annual Jeb Bush Florida Classic, exceeding their goals in attendance and revenues raised
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Because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and that "aggressively encouraged Americans to sign up for insurance under the program
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“criticisms and conspiracy theories are easy attention grabbers”
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After falling more than US$1 million in debt
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That "I'm Governor of the state of Florida and I intend to be Governor until I leave—which is January 2007
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Signed into law Florida's stand-your-ground law, which was the first such state law in the United States
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Awarded Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Governors or Statewide Elected Officials (2004).
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Became a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus
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Bush supported an unsuccessful bill to allow illegal immigrants to be issued drivers licenses by the state
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Ending a 32-year streak of Democratic governors
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Campaign: 2002 re-election bid.
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To become Florida's first two-term Republican governor
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Defeating Bill McBride and winning with 56 percent, to become Florida's first two-term Republican governor
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Bush opposed a Florida ballot measure that would have allowed nonviolent drug offenders to enter treatment programs instead of prison
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Bush eliminated civil service protection for over 16,000 state jobs, which had the effect of making it easier to fire employees in those positions
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A in 2002, B in 2004, and C in 2006 from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, in their biennial Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's governors
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As part of a US$8 billion project in conjunction with the federal government
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Bush established the Points of Light program to recognize an "exemplary volunteer, organization, or person"
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Career landmark: Governor of Florida (1999–2007).
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And ended the project his second day in office, stating that the venture posed too much risk and cost for Florida taxpayers
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Election won: 1998 election bid.
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And defeated lieutenant governor Buddy MacKay with 55 percent of the vote
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Campaign: 1998 election bid.
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Bush defeated his Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKay, by over 418,000 votes (2,191,105; 55 percent to 1,773,054; 45 percent) to become Governor of Florida
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Defeating Democrat Buddy MacKay, who was lieutenant governor
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The Foundation For Florida's Future published a book that Bush had co-written, Profiles in Character (ISBN 0-9650912-0-1), a clear parallel to John F
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In 1995, Bush converted from Episcopalianism to Catholicism.
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Bush converted from Episcopalianism to Catholicism
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The Florida state legislature created the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) and came up with a public-private partnership model
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Bush made his first run for office, losing the election for governor by less than two percentage points to the incumbent Lawton Chiles
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Bush launched an unsuccessful bid for the governor's office against incumbent Democratic governor Lawton Chiles
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Bush urged his father to pardon Orlando Bosch, a Cuban exile who had been convicted of firing a rocket into a Polish ship which was on passage to Cuba
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Bush was the campaign manager of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban-American to serve in Congress, in her special election
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Became Florida's secretary of commerce, serving this role until 1988, when he joined his father's successful campaign for the presidency
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Bush got his start in Florida politics by becoming the chairman of the Dade County Republican Party
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His other son, Jeb Bush Jr. (born 1983), who attended Bolles School, works for a Miami commercial real estate firm.
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Bush said of his move from Houston to Miami: "On the personal side, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law were already living here
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“On the personal side, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law were already living here.”
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Bush moved to Florida and pursued a career in real estate development
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Was the site of the first major race riot since the Civil Rights era
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Bush went to work in an entry-level position in the international division of Texas Commerce Bank, which was founded by the family of James Baker
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For men born in 1953 and to be inducted during 1973, Bush received a draft number of 26 on a calendar-based scale that went to 365
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Born 1953-02-11.
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