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Jeb Bush is making fundraising calls to Americans living in China, the Financial Times reports.
He is hosting a fundraising event in Hong Kong where he is expected to speak to supporters via video conference. Bush anticipates 40 guests to attend; at $2,700 per guest, his campaign is expected to raise around $100,000. The event is being hosted by Michael DeSombre, the Republicans Overseas global president, who helped Mitt Romney raise $2 million in Asia during his 2012 campaign.
The group caters to the 8.7 million Americans living overseas. DeSombre says, If they were a state, they would be the 13th biggest by population, but historically they have not had a voice because many do not vote, although they are still affected by U.S. law, including tax demands and especially foreign policy.
Bush isnt the only candidate reaching out to overseas supporters, but hes the only one with a huge advantage in Asia, where his father and brother, both former presidents, have already built networks he can tap into.
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http://fortune.com/2015/09/08/bush-asia-fundraising/
underpants
(182,270 posts)HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -- Neil Bush, younger brother of President Bush, detailed lucrative business deals and admitted to engaging in sex romps with women in Asia in a deposition taken in March as part of his divorce from now ex-wife Sharon Bush.
The Bush divorce, completed in April after 23 years of marriage, was prompted in part by Bush's relationship with another woman. He admitted in the deposition that he previously had sex with several other women while on trips to Thailand and Hong Kong at least five years ago.
The women, he said, simply knocked on the door of his hotel room, entered and had sex with him. He said he did not know if they were prostitutes because they never asked for money and he did not pay them.
Javaman
(62,435 posts)Bush facing backlash over comments on Asian immigrants
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bush-facing-backlash-over-comments-asian-immigrants
The former Florida governor, touring the U.S.-Mexican border area on Monday, defended his past use of the term, saying he was originally referring to a specific, targeted kind of case known as birth tourism, where mothers travel to the United States to win citizenship for their unborn children.
Frankly, its more related to Asian people coming into our country, having children in that organized effort taking advantage of a noble concept which is birthright citizenship, Bush said.
DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)non dare call it treason, especially with China trying to become the new poer in the world, a crown we handed them.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)WTF does he need with more money?