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# Jeb Bush Backers Bought a Billboard to Troll Donald Trump

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by 

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## Daniel White


Jan 7, 2016 10:07 PM UTC

by 

[Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/)


## Daniel White


Jan 7, 2016 10:07 PM UTC

A super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush bought a billboard ad in Iowa to take a swipe at frontrunner Donald Trump.

The ad, paid for by Right to Rise USA, features a red billboard that reads, in white letters, “‘Donald Trump is unhinged’ —Jeb Bush.”

> [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/685192363942137856)

Politics Twitter responded after the tweet from Mike Murphy, the head of Right to Rise, [Bush’s $100 million super PAC](http://time.com/3951931/jeb-bush-super-pac-fundraising/) that has been [spending](http://time.com/4171491/jeb-bush-marco-rubio-2016-election-iowa-super-pac-ad/) [cash](http://time.com/4163491/jeb-bush-chris-christie-john-kasich-ad/) on [ads](http://time.com/4163089/jeb-bush-marco-rubio-ad/) to bolster the lagging candidates visibility in early voting states.

> [](https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/685204184677937152)

> [](https://twitter.com/owillis/status/685211708835672065)

> [](https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/685207521628434432)


> [](https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/685206383281717249)

> [](https://twitter.com/AG%5FConservative/status/685208655109570561)

**Read Next:** [_7 Campaign Ads Voters Said Crossed the Line_](http://time.com/4171665/campaign-ads-attack-negative-controversy/)

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