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Bush to Trump: 'I Know What I Don't Know'

The former Florida governor took an unusual line of attack against the GOP front-runner in Iowa on Tuesday.
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks during a town hall at the Brownell's Firearms Manufacturing company on Jan. 12, 2016, in Grinnell, Iowa.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks during a town hall at the Brownell's Firearms Manufacturing company on Jan. 12, 2016, in Grinnell, Iowa.

 Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Jeb Bush is starting his campaign appearances with an unusual sentiment for a candidate running for president: telling his audiences that he doesn't know everything and suggesting that puts him ahead of his top rival.

"I know what I don't know," were some of the first words the former Florida governor's uttered at an afternoon appearance Tuesday with about 125 people in Grinnell, Iowa.