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riversedge

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Mon Jun 15, 2015, 06:53 PM Jun 2015

Immigration protestors interrupt Bush as he introduces his mother on stage. Drowned out by supporte





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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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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/15/jeb-bushs-presidential-debut-protester-showdown-met-with-chants-of-usa?CMP=twt_gu

Jeb Bush’s campaign debut: protester showdown met with chants of ‘USA’


Florida governor’s speech as ‘new face of America’ interrupted by group heckling his threat to reverse Obama’s legal recognition for undocumented immigrants
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Dan Roberts and Richard Luscombe in Miami

Monday 15 June 2015 18.27 EDT
Last modified on Monday 15 June 2015 18.38 EDT

Jeb Bush’s 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 OP
ahh SHIT they didnt show it in the video randys1 Jun 2015 #1
OMG, that brother sitting behind him to the right looks like he's GUILTY as hell!!! MADem Jun 2015 #2

MADem

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2. OMG, that brother sitting behind him to the right looks like he's GUILTY as hell!!!
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 07:31 PM
Jun 2015
"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....!
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