A billionaire who is backing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has launched a personal campaign against fellow billionaire Donald Trump, calling him an insecure, narcissistic bully who needs to be stopped.
Mike Fernandez, a Cuban-born major Republican donor from Miami who built his fortune in the health care industry, has bought full-page newspaper ads blasting Trump and planned to run a pro-Latino television ad during Tuesday’s GOP debate coverage designed to counter Trump’s anti-immigration message. He is also launching a website this week to be called “Stop The Bullyionaire.”
“My issue with Trump in attacking the Latinos is that it’s the Mexican-Americans today, is it the Puerto Ricans tomorrow, and is it the Venezuelans the day after that and then the Cubans are right behind it. He’s a dangerous individual,” said Fernandez, whose $3 million contribution to Bush’s Right to Rise super PAC through the first six months of the year makes him the largest individual donor.
Fernandez joins others in targeting Trump. A super PAC backing Ohio Gov. John Kasich and the conservative group Club for Growth are producing anti-Trump videos and GOP strategist Liz Mair is raising money for an anti-Trump campaign. He criticized the Republican National Committee for not doing more to denounce Trump, even at the risk he’ll run an independent campaign.
“I have said to them, ‘The longer you drag this out, the more painful it’s going to be,'” Fernandez said. “So go independent. Let him do it now. Minimize the damage and at least you know who you’re dealing with versus waiting till the last minute and you have no chance to devise a strategy.”
Fernandez began the campaign before Trump’s statement this week that Muslims should be banned from entering the country, but he mentioned the remarks as another example of why he’s hoping to knock Trump down as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.
A Trump campaign spokeswoman didn’t return a phone call or email seeking comment.
Fernandez likened the attraction to Trump to the rise of dictators like Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Germany’s Adolf Hitler in a nation where people are growing increasingly frustrated with government.
“It can happen here, too,” Fernandez said. “I pray that that it’s not the case. This is a very strong signal that we are on the edge and we need to bring it back.”
Despite donating millions of dollars to Republican candidates and the Florida and national GOP, he said he would vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton over Trump.
“If my choice is between supporting somebody that lies and somebody who’s insane, I’m going to vote for the liar,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Fernandez: “If my choice is between supporting somebody that lies and somebody who’s insane, I’m going to vote for the liar,” he said.”
That shows how well this man thinks–couldn’t have made his billions through any intelligence on his part. If Fernandez would actually vote for Hillary who is a known liar AND totally bought into the international socialist world order, is an example of someone who is, himself, insane. Sure Trump is an egotist–but all politicians at that level are. Trump is just honest about it. If Fernandez thinks that Hillary is preferable to Trump, then he absolutely has a screw loose.
The RINO NWO crowd must be panicking at the idea that they won’t be able to control the political process and usher in, a more or less, orderly transition of the nation into the Beast system. They would rather have Hillary in the WH than someone like Trump who is clearly NOT on their team.
All I have to say is Bush should be prosecuted as he is doing the same as Hillary the evidence is in the article. Oh ya he’s a conservative.