He still hasn’t officially announced a presidential bid, but Jeb Bush has some choice words for those who think polls show his popularity among Republicans is slipping.
"The polls are totally irrelevant," Bush told Fox News' Megyn Kelly on Monday. "I'm not a candidate yet. So...everybody needs to take a chill pill on the polls until it gets closer." Over the course of a 22-minute interview, Bush also discussed immigration reform and Common Core, saying the education standards that are controversial among conservatives were very successful in Florida, where he served as governor from 1997 to 2007. “I respect people having a view," he said. "But the simple fact is, we need higher standards. They need to be state driven. The federal government should play no part in this either, either in the creation of standards, content, or curriculum."
On immigration, Bush said a "practical solution" would be to fix the system by "allowing for a path to legalized status, not necessarily citizenship." He later asked, "What are we supposed to do, marginalize these people forever?" Bush also stated that he doesn’t consider himself a Beltway insider, saying, "I haven't been in Washington...ever. I'm not part of Washington."
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