Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are now working from the same playbook: attack Jeb! At his first press conference since last week's debate, Donald Trump Tuesday hit Jeb! on everything from Iraq to negotiating with China to immigration, but his comments on women's health were perhaps most damning if for no other reason than the simplicity of them.
"The women's health issues, I'm for that," Trump declared.
That's all Trump had to say after Jeb
pondered last week whether the federal government was spending too much money on women's health. Trump's attack just highlights what an unbelievable gaffe Jeb's answer was—all Trump has to do to distinguish himself is simply state that he's "for" women's health. Because Jeb! obviously isn't all that big on it.
Trump went on to compare Jeb's remark to the 47 percent comment that sunk Mitt Romney's campaign in 2012.
"I watched Jeb Bush give the worst answer the other day—I think that is going to be his 47 percent. [...] I think Jeb's answer the other day on women's health issues is a disaster for him. He then went and said he 'misspoke.' How do you misspeak about that?
I will be great on women's health issues."
Right. Trump's gonna be "great" on everything. We already know that. What's important here is that Trump is now trying to bury Jeb! and, frankly, he's doing a
pretty good job of it. It will be interesting to watch how the GOP establishment reacts now that Trump has put a bull's-eye on their lackluster candidate.