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New Mexico Gov. Martinez: Trump’s criticism of Bush’s Spanish a distraction
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s criticism of rival Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish is a distraction.
A Republican and the nation’s only Latina governor, Martinez said Friday following a news conference the spat was taking the focus away from real issues facing the country.
Bush said he had been responding to a reporter’s question in Spanish this week when he replied in Spanish to criticize Trump.
Trump told Breitbart News that Bush should “set the example” by speaking English while in the U.S.
Read more: http://www.abqjournal.com/639523/news/gov-martinez-trumps-criticism-of-bushs-spanish-a-distraction.html (Albuquerque Journal)