MESA, Ariz. (AP) – Donald Trump is shrugging off the barbs he received in Tuesday night’s debate, saying he was prepared for more criticism as the GOP front-runner.
It was a rebuke to Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, who jabbed Trump the most during the two-hour debate. During the last GOP matchup of the year, Bush told Trump that he couldn’t “insult” his way to the presidency and called him a “chaos candidate.” The other presidential hopefuls onstage mostly bickered among themselves.
On Wednesday, Trump made a dramatic entrance in his private plane at a rally at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. He was introduced by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (ahr-PY’-oh), who credited Trump with raising immigration matters to the forefront of the presidential race.