Jeb Bush: With the gun on wooing the votes of

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Jeb Bush: With the gun on wooing the votes of

The election campaign of the Republicans in the race for the democratic presidential nomination always takes skurilere forms. Instead of arguments, puts Jeb Bush is now on a single Twitter photo, to get his Message across.

As the former Governor of the state of Florida in the summer of last year his hat in the Ring threw, he was considered as the favorite. But then came the Populist Donald Trump – with bawdy insults, plumpsten sayings. And he had success. A broad movement against the political Establishment catapulted the Multimilliardär to the top of the Republican Bewerberfeldes, followed by the ultra-conservative Ted Cruz, for many, a “something else” represents.

Next Saturday will be held in South Carolina, the third area code instead and Jeb Bush tried, à la Trump also clumsy ways – in the case with a Twitter-message – to position. After the visit of a Waffenherstellers in this state, the 63-Year-old in the Kurzbotschaftendienst this Tweet:

What is Bush so intent, he explained not. No doubt he attracted – the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States to replace the would like to very much attention. To Mittwochfrüh, there were more than 18,000 Retweets of the photo. In addition to the consent harvested Bush however also massive criticism.

“Our National Symbol”?

As referenced user with photos on the massacre at the Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012, when 26 people were killed. Others recalled the words of Obama, “epidemic of gun violence” in the United States. Others, again, twitterten statistics on the number of firearms Fatalities in the USA in the year 2015. To the said actress Bette Midler: “Jeb Bush has a photo of his handgun, with the signature of “America.” tweeted. With more than 300 of shoot-outs between in the past year – maybe that is our national symbol”.

The former US Geheimdienstmitarbeiter Edward Snowden recommended that Bush, his Account to be deleted.

Many users put their own photos, again with the caption “America.” Among them was a picture of a bright yellow toy gun. Others responded with sarcasm and then posting under the Heading “America” with a picture of Republican Ex-President Ronald Reagan, who rides a dinosaur.

Water on the mills was the Tweet for the office to Trump. The helper referred to Michael Cohen, a few days ago had posted: “A picture says more than thousand words. We need the real Donald Trump.”

Jeb Bush is in South Carolina in the polls with about ten percent to place four of the Republican candidates. Whether it is a “Pistolero”-Image there with the area code for victory – on Saturday we’ll know more.

se/sti (afp, ap, dpa)


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