Michael Bloomberg was a “great mayor,” said Jeb Bush during a Sunday morning interview on “This Week.”
Bush added that the former New York City chief is “a good man” and “much more liberal than I am.”
On the report that Bloomberg is considering an independent run for president, Bush said he envisions only one situation in which he actually jumps into the 2016.
“I don’t think he’ll get in the race if — unless it’s Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders probably,” Bush said.
Bush also argued he is the only candidate who is taking on Trump, who consistently leads national polls among GOP candidates, as well as polls in Iowa and New Hampshire.
“I’m the only guy that takes Trump on directly,” Bush said, “because I don’t believe that he’s a conservative and I don’t believe that my life commitment to the conservative cause is going to be validated by having a guy be our nominee who’s not a conservative and who does not believe in a hopeful, optimistic message.”
Trump, a billionaire businessman and media mogul, has repeatedly attacked Bush along the campaign trail, often calling the former Florida governor “low energy.”
