Jeb Bush
American politician and businessman
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| September 2024 | Signed an open letter to all 50 current governors urging them to certify their states' votes after the upcoming November election. |
| September 2024 | Bush wrote an op-ed in The Dallas Morning News advocating for a nationwide ban on mobile phone use in K-12 education, citing concerns about social media's impact on student mental health and academic performance. |
| July 2024 | Bush expressed regret for not reforming Florida's capital punishment system during his gubernatorial tenure, acknowledging he had considered reforms in his last year but 'ran out of time'. |
| 2022 | According to Bush's proposed plan, the Social Security retirement age would reach 70 years old, with full benefits requiring workers to be 70, and early benefits available at 65. |
| 2020 | Washington Redskins provisionally changed their team name to Washington Football Team, after years of controversy that Bush had previously defended. |
| September 2020 | Bush told The Carlos Watson Show he was interested in the concept of universal basic income, inspired by Andrew Yang's presidential campaign. |
| April 2018 | Delivered a eulogy for his mother Barbara Bush at her funeral following her death. |
| 2016 | While campaigning for the presidency, Bush publicly discussed his family's experience with addiction and published a comprehensive addiction policy plan focusing on prevention, treatment, and criminal justice response. |
| 2015 | Bush articulated an immigration policy supporting a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, requiring them to pay fines, get work permits, pay taxes, learn English, and not commit crimes. |
| 2015 | Jeb Bush proposed gradually raising the Social Security retirement age by one month each year, initiating a plan to incrementally increase the age to 70 by 2022. |
| 2015 | Bush called for the repeal of the 2002 Florida Constitutional amendment that limited class sizes, which was originally passed despite his strong objections. |
| November 2015 | While campaigning in New Hampshire, Jeb Bush publicly discussed his daughter Noelle's struggles with drug abuse. |
| November 2015 | In an interview with Chuck Todd on NBC's Meet the Press, Bush revealed his conflicted feelings about signing death warrants, citing religious and practical concerns about capital punishment's effectiveness and judicial strain. |
| October 2015 | Continued defending the Washington Redskins' team name in talk radio interviews, drawing condemnation from several Native American tribes. |
| September 2015 | Jeb Bush publicly defended the Washington Redskins' controversial team name in talk radio interviews, stating he does not believe the term is a pejorative for Native Americans and arguing against changing the team name. |
| August 2015 | Bush expressed support for 'total voucherization' of schools, believing they would benefit from 'innovation'. |
| July 2015 | Bush expressed support for lifting the military's ban on transgender people serving openly, conditional on military comfort and no impact on morale. |
| June 2015 | After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell, Bush stated that this was 'not the end of the fight' against the law. |
| 2014 | George Prescott Bush was elected Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office. |
| November 2014 | Bush advocated for increased pay for educators, suggesting redirecting funds from meeting arbitrary numbers to rewarding the best teachers. |
| 2013 | Bush praised outgoing New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg for instituting a school-grading policy similar to the one he implemented in Florida. |
| October 2013 | Publicly defended the Common Core State Standards Initiative, criticizing opponents who he believed were spreading 'conspiracy theories' without offering alternative solutions to educational challenges. |
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