Jeb Bush claims to not have a worry in the world about his family’s last name in the 2016 race.
In an interview with Fox News Thursday, the former Florida governor continued to shower praise on his father and brother, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, while adding that he has “no qualms” about being a Bush.
“Well, first of all, I love my — first thing I say is my dad’s the greatest man alive. I love my brother,” Bush told host Jenna Lee. “I got no qualms about being a Bush. I’m quite happy about it.”
“But I know I’m going to have to earn it myself, and that’s what I intend to do,” said Bush, who sits sixth in the Washington Examiner‘s latest power rankings. “[I] will go prove to people that I have the ability to disrupt the old order, to bring about a new environment where we can fix a few big, complex things so that people can rise up again. That’s the focus here.”
Bush’s comments come on the heels of a report that advisers are pushing him to bring George W. Bush on the trail with him in South Carolina. Thus far, the 43rd president has only appeared at private fundraisers for the 2016 hopeful, who is fifth in the latest RealClearPolitics national average.
