Jeb Bush's latest counterpunch: Donald Trump is soft on crime, Nancy Pelosi

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last updated 1 September 2015

On Monday, Donald Trump gave Jeb Bush "the Willie Horton treatement," releasing a nasty Instagram video of Bush calling illegal immigration an "act of love" juxtaposed with photos of three undocumented immigrants accused or convicted of murder:

This is no "act of love" as Jeb Bush said...A video posted by Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on Aug 31, 2015 at 9:16am PDT

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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