Jeb Bush said he knows he's 'gotta get better'

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush

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published 1 November 2015

Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) acknowledged his widely panned CNBC debate performance and low poll numbers while campaigning in Iowa on Saturday, ABC News reports.

"I have enough humility to know I gotta get better," Bush told reporters before indirectly taking shots at Donald Trump, who has criticized polls he isn't leading. "I don't have this gigantic ego that says, 'Well, they're just stupid. Iowa voters don't understand me. They're eating Monsanto-laced agriculture products.'"

Bush, who was joined at Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party by nine other Republican presidential hopefuls, notched the least speaking time at Wednesday's Republican debate and recently announced campaign-wide payroll cuts.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.