Ingraham decried the fact that “Republicans joined the Democrats at the altar of big government” and that “50 rich families” have taken control of the Republican nomination process.
One of America’s most prominent conservative commentators took the stage at a massive gathering of Republican voters — and used the platform to tear down a GOP frontrunner.
“How many of you guys are skeptical of another Bush term?” Laura Ingraham asked the crowd at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference Friday morning, eliciting cheers from her audience.
She spent the next 20 minutes tearing apart the “elites” that she said have propelled former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to the forefront of the Republicans’ 2016 presidential pool.
.@IngrahamAngle shredding Jeb Bush in her remarks #CPAC2015 #tcot #tbrs pic.twitter.com/1LDjjlFBCQ
— Ashley Matt (@ashleymatt) February 27, 2015
“Why don’t we just call it quits, Jeb and Hillary [Clinton] can run on the same ticket,” Ingraham said, rattling off the similarities between the Democratic frontrunner and Bush.
Saying the candidates agree on everything from Common Core to widespread surveillance,
Ingraham proposed a slogan for the bipartisan ticket: “Clush 2016: What difference does it make?”
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