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Immigration protestors interrupt Bush as he introduces his mother on stage. Drowned out by supporters in rowdy scenes
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Jeb Bushs campaign debut: protester showdown met with chants of USA
Florida governors speech as new face of America interrupted by group heckling his threat to reverse Obamas legal recognition for undocumented immigrants
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Jeb Bushs official debut as a presidential candidate was marred by rowdy protests from immigration campaigners who disrupted an event otherwise notable for its attempts to broaden the demographic appeal of the Republican party.
Heralded by Cuban singers, introduced by his half-Mexican son and delivered partly in the Spanish, the first big speech by the former Florida governor was intended to demonstrate his credentials as the new face of America.
Yet just as Bush was reminding the diverse Miami crowd of his own heritage as the third member of his family to seek the US presidency, the otherwise slick event briefly descended into a noisy exchange of chants............
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Immigration protestors interrupt Bush as he introduces his mother on stage. Drowned out by supporte (Original Post)
riversedge
Jun 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. ahh SHIT they didnt show it in the video
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. OMG, that brother sitting behind him to the right looks like he's GUILTY as hell!!!
"Shit, when I took this gig, I didn't realize they were going to put me right BEHIND this asshole! Damn, I hope nobody I know is watching....who am I kidding, no one *I* know is watching, I don't hang out with assholes....but still, someone from the neighborhood, from my job, from school....they might see me, and rat me out! DAMN!!! They don't pay me enough for this shit!!!! NEVER again!! I am ruining my own reputation here!!!! DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!"
It looks like he's trying to hide BEHIND the people as they stand up and sit down--and the sideways glances....
Flat out hilarious!
The crowd does not look too thrilled....!