--- title: Jeb Bush Says He is the Candidate to Beat Clinton in New Ad description: In a new online ad, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush offers himself as the best option to beat Clinton in November. canonical: https://time.com/4187959/bush-paints-himself-as-the-candidate-to-beat-clinton-in-new-ad/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-20T23:43:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:18:28.739Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bush Paints Himself as the Candidate to Beat Clinton in New Ad og:description: Bush is fighting hard against Republican front-runner Donald Trump og:url: https://time.com/4187959/bush-paints-himself-as-the-candidate-to-beat-clinton-in-new-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e6a50a576f0699/698879e7e20a87aa16a8f241/505725240.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jeb Bush Addresses Council On Foreign Relations In New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bush Paints Himself as the Candidate to Beat Clinton in New Ad twitter:description: Bush is fighting hard against Republican front-runner Donald Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e6a50a576f0699/698879e7e20a87aa16a8f241/505725240.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bush Paints Himself as the Candidate to Beat Clinton in New Ad by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 20, 2016 11:43 PM UTC  Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations on January 19, 2016 in New York City. Bush has struggled to gain traction against other republican presidential hopefuls including Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz. Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations on January 19, 2016 in New York City. Bush has struggled to gain traction against other republican presidential hopefuls including Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz.Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 20, 2016 11:43 PM UTC Jeb Bush painted a dark vision of the future for the Republican party on Wednesday—one where Hillary Clinton defeats Donald Trump on election day. In a new online ad from the [Bush campaign](http://time.com/4183663/jeb-bush-donald-trump-new-hampshire/), the former Florida Gov. offers himself as a solution to defeating Clinton in November. “If Donald Trump is the nominee, Hillary Clinton will be elected president. We can’t let that happen,” Bush wrote on Twitter. The ad, above, channels fears that Trump, despite his success among GOP voters, cannot beat Clinton in a general election. A voice announces that after the votes were tallied “Hillary Clinton will win.” The only alternative, according to the Bush campaign, is Bush himself. **Read More:** [_Jeb Bush Finds His Groove in Donald Trump’s Shadow_](http://time.com/4183663/jeb-bush-donald-trump-new-hampshire/) The ad represents the latest broadside in Bush’s [well-funded](http://time.com/4164619/jeb-bush-iowa-new-hampshire-2016-election/) [war on Trump](http://time.com/4183663/jeb-bush-donald-trump-new-hampshire/). Bush, an early establishment favorite, quickly lost his front-runner status to the real estate mogul and has struggled to regain ground before early-voting begins in Iowa and New Hampshire. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4187959/bush-paints-himself-as-the-candidate-to-beat-clinton-in-new-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4187959/bush-paints-himself-as-the-candidate-to-beat-clinton-in-new-ad/"},"headline":"Bush Paints Himself as the Candidate to Beat Clinton in New Ad","datePublished":"2016-01-20T23:43:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:18:28.739Z","description":"Bush is fighting hard against Republican front-runner Donald Trump","url":"https://time.com/4187959/bush-paints-himself-as-the-candidate-to-beat-clinton-in-new-ad/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","jeb bush","campaign ads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e6a50a576f0699/698879e7e20a87aa16a8f241/505725240.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e6a50a576f0699/698879e7e20a87aa16a8f241/505725240.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jeb Bush Addresses Council On Foreign Relations In New York","caption":"Jeb Bush Addresses Council On Foreign Relations In New York","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4187959/bush-paints-himself-as-the-candidate-to-beat-clinton-in-new-ad/","name":"Bush Paints Himself as the Candidate to Beat Clinton in New Ad"}}]}] ```