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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Trump: 'Asians are very offended' by Bush's 'anchor babies' remark

The Hill
By Jesse Byrnes
August 25, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump early Tuesday fired his latest salvo in his attack against GOP rival Jeb Bush, criticizing the former Florida governor for saying his use of the term "anchor babies" applied more to Asians than Hispanics.

Trump sent a pair of tweets blasting Bush early Tuesday:

Bush, whose wife is from Mexico, vigorously defended his use of the term "anchor babies" on Monday during a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border after being criticized last week for using the term viewed by some as derogatory.

The former Florida governor, who has polled second in the GOP field behind Trump, said his use of the term describes those immigrants who are fraudulently taking advantage of birthright citizenship.

“What I’m talking about is the specific case of fraud being committed where there’s organized efforts — frankly it’s more related to Asian people — coming into our country, having children in that organized effort, taking advantage of that noble concept, which is birthright citizenship," Bush said.

A campaign spokesperson later clarified Bush was referring to widely reported federal probes into "birth tourism."


Bush and Trump have traded barbs for the past week, with Trump knocking Bush on a several issues including his last name and Bush hitting the real estate tycoon as not being conservative.

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