Jeb Bush spokesperson: 'He is not Hispanic'

Jeb Bush made a mistake when filling out a 2009 voter-registration form in which he identified himself as "Hispanic," the former Florida governor said Monday.

A spokesperson for Bush told the Washington Examiner's Byron York that while it remained "unclear where the paperwork error was made," the Bush family "certainly got a good laugh out of it."

"He is not Hispanic," the spokesperson said.

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