Gov. Jeb Bush on Disability Employment & Donald Trumps Attacks on People with Disabilities
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2016-03-02
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Jan. 12, 2016 - Grinnell IA\r
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Presidential candidate Jeb Bush is working on a plan to help the 70 percent of people with disabilities who are not employed obtain jobs.\r
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We are working on a strategy to eliminate the barriers to work, the former governor of Florida said Tuesday at Brownells firearm manufacturing plant in Grinnell, Iowa. I truly believe that everybody should have a chance to rise up. A country that works is one where the barriers for everybody is lifted.\r
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We will have a policy as it relates to going about doing this, Bush promised.\r
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As governor, Bush said he traveled throughout the state talking to businesses about the virtues of people with disabilities, how they add value to the workplace.\r
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This is not charity, he continued. This is a simple fact that they do add value . for the morale of the workforce and for customers.\r
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Bush highlighted Publix, a family-owned business, that made it their priority to hire people with disabilities, and they rise up into management, and the access is the first step. But it goes way beyond that. They believe its a key element of their business strategy, and its one of the most successful supermarket chains in the United States.\r
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The presidential hopeful also said that fellow contender Donald Trumps mocking of a reporter with a disability - which Trump denies doing - hurts people with disabilities who face discrimination and stigma. \r
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No other candidate would say what he did, mocking someone that had a severe physical disability, Bush said. He is a jerk if he disparages POWs like John McCain, saying hes not a hero because he got caught. He is a jerk when he disparages women the way he does. And he is a jerk when he disparages people with disabilities.\r
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Why would you disparage people with disabilities and the struggles of families? Bush continued. People are drawn toward my cause because I believe the exact opposite. I believe everybody has the right to rise up, that everybody has the ability to make a contribution. . I, for one, will take a stand for the people that are deserving of respect, and I hope you respect that.\r
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This is not the first time Bush has teared into Trump about this. Bush first called him a jerk in December after being asked a similar question by a man with Aspergers in New Hampshire.
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Presidential candidate Jeb Bush is working on a plan to help the 70 percent of people with disabilities who are not employed obtain jobs.\r
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We are working on a strategy to eliminate the barriers to work, the former governor of Florida said Tuesday at Brownells firearm manufacturing plant in Grinnell, Iowa. I truly believe that everybody should have a chance to rise up. A country that works is one where the barriers for everybody is lifted.\r
\r
We will have a policy as it relates to going about doing this, Bush promised.\r
\r
As governor, Bush said he traveled throughout the state talking to businesses about the virtues of people with disabilities, how they add value to the workplace.\r
\r
This is not charity, he continued. This is a simple fact that they do add value . for the morale of the workforce and for customers.\r
\r
Bush highlighted Publix, a family-owned business, that made it their priority to hire people with disabilities, and they rise up into management, and the access is the first step. But it goes way beyond that. They believe its a key element of their business strategy, and its one of the most successful supermarket chains in the United States.\r
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The presidential hopeful also said that fellow contender Donald Trumps mocking of a reporter with a disability - which Trump denies doing - hurts people with disabilities who face discrimination and stigma. \r
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No other candidate would say what he did, mocking someone that had a severe physical disability, Bush said. He is a jerk if he disparages POWs like John McCain, saying hes not a hero because he got caught. He is a jerk when he disparages women the way he does. And he is a jerk when he disparages people with disabilities.\r
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Why would you disparage people with disabilities and the struggles of families? Bush continued. People are drawn toward my cause because I believe the exact opposite. I believe everybody has the right to rise up, that everybody has the ability to make a contribution. . I, for one, will take a stand for the people that are deserving of respect, and I hope you respect that.\r
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This is not the first time Bush has teared into Trump about this. Bush first called him a jerk in December after being asked a similar question by a man with Aspergers in New Hampshire.
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