Donald Trump has a new online video ad that hits Republican rival Jeb Bush for the former Florida governor’s statement that immigrating illegally to the United States is an “act of love.” The ad, available on Trump’s Instagram feed, features audio and video of Bush speaking about the issue of illegal immigrants.
While Bush was speaking about fathers and mothers who come to the U.S. to improve economic standing of their families, the Trump ad conflates these people with those illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes.
“Yes, they broke the law, but it’s not a felony,” said Bush at an April 2014 event at the George H.W. Bush presidential library. “It’s an act of love.” The audio plays over photos of some recently convicted murderers who were illegal immigrants to the U.S. and who had been deported or referred to authorities before their killings.
“Love?” reads the text in Trump’s ad. “Forget love it’s time to get tough!” Watch the ad below:
Here’s the fuller context of Bush’s remarks last year:
Update: The Bush campaign has responded to Trump. “While Donald Trump was still supporting liberal, soft-on-crime politicians, Jeb Bush accumulated an eight-year record of cracking down on violent criminals as governor of Florida. Mr. Trump’s immigration plan is not conservative, would violate the constitution and cost hundreds of billions of dollars, which he will likely attempt to pay for through massive tax hikes,” said Bush spokeswoman Kristy Campbell in an email.
