Bush Knocks Down Trump’s Florida Casino Claim: Reality Check
Fact check gives point to Bush: Trump did try to push for casino gambling.
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Jeb Bush, the Republican presidential candidate and former Florida governor, says he blocked competitor Donald Trump’s push to expand casinos into the state. Trump says the assertion is “totally false.”
The Claim: “The one guy that had some special interests that I know of, that tried to get me to change my views on something, that was generous and gave me money, was Donald Trump,” Bush said. “He wanted casino gambling in Florida.”