Matalin: Trump’s wrong, Jeb is ‘an Energizer bunny’
Longtime Bush family adviser Mary Matalin says Donald Trump is wrong about former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s energy level.
“Donald Trump can say whatever he wants to say about Jeb. But saying that he’s low-energy is wrong because the guy is an Energizer bunny,” she said in a Sunday interview with radio host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on New York’s AM-970.
{mosads}Trump, leading the Republican presidential race, has repeatedly targeted the former Florida governor over the last few weeks, calling him “low-energy.”
Matalin, wife of Clinton insider James Carville, suggested Trump could make it all the way to the general election.
“He has more substance than we’ve seen displayed,” she said. “He certainly has the moxie. … If he teams up with the right kind of people and has the right kind of substance, yes, his message is electable.”
As for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, Matalin was asked whether she would win the party’s nomination next year.
“Don’t hold your breath,” she said.
Matalin worked in the White House administrations of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush — Jeb’s father and brother, respectively — as well as Ronald Reagan.
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