Donald Trump used Jeb Bush’s mother against him in an Instagram attack ad

Instagram attack ads are a thing now, apparently?

William Turton

Updated on May 28 2021 2:43 am CDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is using an unlikely weapon against Jeb Bush in an Instagram attack ad: Bush’s mother.

The businessman-turned-2016-GOP-frontrunner’s latest Instagram post uses footage from a Today interview with Barbara Bush in which the former first lady discouraged her son from running for president.

https://www.instagram.com/p/4HU8FcGhS1/

Trump currently leads the Republican presidential field by 11 percentage points, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.

Illustration via Max Fleishman

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William Turton

Once named one of Forbes’ 20 Under 20 and hired as a staff writer for the Daily Dot when he was still a senior in high school, William Turton is a rising tech reporter focusing on information security, hacking culture, and politics. Since leaving the Daily Dot in April 2016, his work has appeared on Gizmodo, the Outline, and Vice News Tonight on HBO.