“Well I think he had really no choice. He’s doing very poorly in the polls, he’s a very low-energy kind of guy and he had to do something, so they’re spending a lot of money on ads.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by Politico, on Jeb Bush’s latest attacks.


“Well I think he had really no choice. He’s doing very poorly in the polls, he’s a very low-energy kind of guy and he had to do something, so they’re spending a lot of money on ads.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by Politico, on Jeb Bush’s latest attacks.
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