The website appears to have never been owned by the campaign. A CNN article from April reported the domain was for sale for $250,000. Looks like a very wealthy, very classy buyer has been found.
Domain registration records for the website have been blocked using a third party making it difficult to know with certainty who is behind the domain. Other than, you know, someone sending everyone going to JebBush.com to DonaldJTrump.com.
Domain name bait-and-switches are just another hazard of running a political campaign on the internet these days. At least two other Jeb Bush redirects exist, with JebBushForPresident.com redirecting to the personal site of a gay couple, while JebBushForPresident.net is a pretty standard anti-Bush site that asks big questions like “Do glasses make Jeb look smart?”
One of the oldest such examples goes back to the 2004 presidential elections. In a debate with vice presidential candidate John Edwards, Dick Cheney quoted website FactCheck.org. Except he said FactCheck.com, which quickly redirected all the incoming clicks to an anti-Bush site.
Cheney and his little-known running mate went on to win that election, so maybe this is just the gaffe that Team Jeb! has been waiting for.
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