FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who now heads a private investment firm based in Coral Gables, appeared before the midyear meeting of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance on Friday and urged a halt to toxic politics in America.
Bush, a Republican who served as governor between 1999 and 2007, and who dropped out of a bitterly contested primary campaign that ended in victory for the rough-hewn President Donald J. Trump in 2016, said both major political parties are obliged to call out elected officials who use bullying and vulgarities to get ahead.
He did not name Trump. But he said the today’s political dialog on TV and social media is tough to consume.
