Jeb Bush says Donald Trump's plan for a border wall isn't as feasible as a "virtual fence" that includes technology in areas where the terrain make a wall impossible.
"A wall doesn't work," Bush said Sunday on
"The Cats Roundtable" on AM 970 in New York. What border states need, Bush said, "is more support for local law enforcement. They need the border patrol to be unleashed."
He told host John Catsimatidis he recently met with local officials along the Mexican border and was told by a former head of border patrol in the region that a "virtual fence" can be "quite effective."
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Bush said Trump's popularity is based on his connection to voters' anxiety about the future.
"He's not offering any compelling proposals though," Bush said. "When people get the full record — he was for taxing assets not that long ago, he was for a single-payer system not that long ago, he was for partial-birth abortion. He doesn't have specific plans as it relates to border enforcement. ... When people get a deeper look, he's not a conservative."
Bush said his first act as president would be to withdraw the Iranian nuclear deal because it will create massive instability in the region.
"It's a direct threat to Israel," he said. "It's going to create chaos."
Bush said the United States also should be standing up for Christians persecuted in the Middle East and North Africa.
"For the first time in 1,400 years mass is not being said in Mosul [Iraq]," he said. "If you're in the caliphate of ISIS, and you're Christian, you'll be dead."
The United States, he said, has an obligation to stand up for those "who are being wiped off the map."
Also on the show, Bush's son, Jeb Bush Jr. was interviewed by the host's son, John Catsimatidis Jr.
Bush Jr. is focusing on younger voters in his father's presidential campaign. Younger voters care most about pocketbook issues such as being able to afford health insurance and paying of student loans.
President Barack Obama inspired young people eight years ago, but now "a lot of young folks feel turned off and let down by this political process," Bush said.
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