Associated Press
Tea Party Republicans are voicing their displeasure with Jeb Bush in the hours leading up to his 2016 campaign kickoff.
Bush would be the third member of his family to sit in the Oval Office, and Tea Party leader Mark Meckler says both George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush were “big-government” Republicans.
The president of Citizens for Self-Governance says they contributed to, quote, “the increase in size, spending and involvement of government in America.”
He also notes that Jeb Bush’s steadfast support for Common Core education standards and immigration reform “is a nonstarter with many conservatives.”
Brent Bozell is the chairman of the conservative group ForAmerica. He calls Bush “unelectable.”
Bozell says the GOP has in the recent past nominated three Republicans he says are moderates: Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole. They all lost, and Bozell says nominating another moderate would, quote, “be an exercise in futility.”
