Jeb Bush had many supportive CPAC attendees – because he BUSED THEM IN

If you saw Jeb Bush’s speech at the CPAC you might have been struck by how supportive the audience was. While many members joined the protest which walked out on his speech, most of the audience seemed to approve of Jebby. And now we know why – because he bused many of them in.

From Slate:

It sounds like Jeb Bush’s supporters are taking CPAC pretty seriously this year. Emails provided to Slate show that backers of the former Florida governor are busing supporters from downtown Washington D.C. to CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland, and organizing to get them day passes into the event.

One of the emails that went out this morning was from Fritz Brogan, a former advance man for then-President George W. Bush who (per the Washington Post) co-hosted a fundraiser for Jeb’s Right to Rise PAC earlier this month. A Bush insider confirmed to Slate that Bush’s Right to Rise PAC is helping organize the transportation.

“We strongly recommend arriving as early as possible to get a seat,” wrote Brogan in an email sent to undisclosed recipients. “Our ‘Early Rise’ team will be there at 7:30am onward helping reserve seats- if you want to join the early team, let me know.”

Well it sounds like Jebby has the astroturf vote down, but as for the rest of America, not so much. This seems like a pretty obvious attempt to buy the candidacy instead of winning voters over.


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