Jeb Bush: Donald Trump's A 'Liar' For Denying He Pushed For Florida Casino

  • by: Alan Duke

Jeb Bush released a new online video that calls Donald Trump "a liar" for saying in the CNN GOP debate that he never pushed Jeb Bush to approve casino gambling in Florida.

Trump defended his denial, telling CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday's "State of the Union" that while he wanted a casino approved, he never asked Bush to support it when he was governor.

"I never called Jeb Bush and I never asked Jeb Bush to approve gambling. It was too early in the process," Trump said. "Had I called him, I think he would have done it."

Trump hosted a $500,000 fundraiser for Bush in 1997 and made a $50,000 donation to the Republican Party in Florida before Bush was elected governor. Bush used the CNN GOP debate to suggest that Trump had unsuccessfully tried to buy his support for gambling in the state.

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Alan Duke

Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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