NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush criticized President Barack Obama's initial handling of the Ebola crisis during a mid-state visit yesterday.
Bush, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016, called the president’s Ebola response "incompetent," during an appearance at Vanderbilt University. Bush also says he supports travel restrictions for people who have been to the most severely affected countries in Africa.
Bush contrasted what he characterized as the president's indecisive approach on Ebola to his own actions as governor when anthrax was mailed to a supermarket tabloid in Florida after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
Amid heavy speculation this week about whether Bush will run for president, the former governor told the Vanderbilt audience he's not "freaking out" about whether to run for president.