JEB! Bush Got $100,000 From Washington ‘Redskins’ Owner, Says Team Name Not Offensive

(thinkprogress.com) - Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) said on a Sirius XM interview this week that, despite numerous calls from Native American groups to do so, he does not believe the Washington NFL team needs to change its name.

“I don’t think it should change it,” the Republican presidential hopeful said on the The Arena. “But again, I don’t think politicians ought to be having any say about that, to be honest with you. I don’t find it offensive. Native American tribes generally don’t find it offensive.”

The Washington Redskin’s owner, Daniel Snyder, has vowed that the team willnever change its name, even as Native American activists have objected to the dictionary-defined racial slur...

Snyder also happens to be helping bankroll Bush’s presidential campaign. In April, he contributed $100,000 to the Right to Rise Super PAC, a legally unaffiliated pro-Bush committee for which Bush himself actively raised money. Read more.