Jeb Bush Gets Ribbed on TV, Online for Being an Hour Late to Campaign Kickoff
Jeb Bush was scheduled to kick off his 2016 campaign at 3 pm EST this afternoon. He ended up taking the podium around 4, and lots of people ribbed Bush a bit for being so late:
At this rate, Jeb will formally announce sometime between 11 pm and midnight.
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) June 15, 2015
Jeb is launching his campaign on Obama time — LATE. #tick #tock
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 15, 2015
Note to Jeb: Your brother was never late for anything: Ever. He told me once that being late is 'rude and inconsiderate.' And he's right!
— Joseph Curl (@josephcurl) June 15, 2015
Oh look #Jeb is on stage right now. . we'll cover that too (hate it when people are late)
— john vause (@vausecnn) June 15, 2015
A "late" campaign announcement for Jeb? George W. Bush didn't announce his candidacy until June 12, 1999.
— Ken Rudin (@kenrudin) June 15, 2015
Not a fan of 3:00 speeches that haven't begun by 3:17
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 15, 2015
Sorry to miss @JebBush announcement. Got to head 2 airport. Hope #GOP #Cleveland Convention runs on time. These days, can't be late
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 15, 2015
Now at airport. You mean it still hasn't started?
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 15, 2015
JEB START SPEAKING ALREADY FOR GOD'S SAKE
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 15, 2015
Whatever happened to people, you know, MAKING A GODDAMNED SPEECH ALREADY
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 15, 2015
One hour into Jeb Bush rollout. Jeb up soon. But first, one more video…
— Byron York (@ByronYork) June 15, 2015
Where art thou, Jeb? Your announcement has been going on for an hour now….
— Judy Farah (@newsbabe1530) June 15, 2015
So…when I said we are "minutes away" from the Jeb! announcement, I really meant "an hour away". Alas!
— Simone Perez (@simoneMperez) June 15, 2015
Even cable news got in on the ribbing a bit, on CNN, Fox News, and Fox Business Network. You can watch those moments here:
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