MLB

Jeb Bush complains of ‘fake news’ about his Marlins bid

Jeb Bush is toning it down when ā™ˆit comes to the subject of the Miami Marlins.

Concerning his aspirations to own the money-losing MLB team, the former Florida governor said Friday that media repoź¦¬rts had gotten ahead šŸ¼of themselves.

ā€œFake news actually exists outside of politics. It actually exists too when youā€™re trying to purchase a baseball tešŸ’®am,ā€ Bush said while speaking onstage at the Skybridge Alternatives Conference in Las Vegas.

Thatā€™s in contrast to May 2, when Bush told The Post he was ā€œconfidentā€ that the Marlins bid he and Yankees legend Derek Jeter were makinšŸŽg together would succeed.

The Post aļ·½sked Bush after the panel what he meant by ā€œfake newsā€. He declined comment, sašŸ˜¼ying he had ā€œno newsā€.

Bush and Jeter are still trying to raise the roughly $900 million in equity nź¦…eededšŸŒŒ to buy the Marlins, a source close to the situation said. They together have between $50 million and $100 in personal capital to invest, so mostly need outside capital.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said this week he had not receš’ived a fullšŸ’Ÿy financed bid for the team.

ā€œThere needs to be a solidified financial structure presented to us so that wešŸ… šŸ…ŗā€™re sure that we actually have a transaction that can move ahead.ā€

He also said, ā€œTheršŸ’™e are two bidders, at least, for the franchise.ā€

ā€œThe bidders are in relatively the same place in terms of [bidding] price. Maybe minuscule differences. And they are in fact in the price range that [Maā™›rlins owner Jeffrey] Loria was looking for.ā€

Tagg Romney, son of Mitt Romney, is working on a rival bid, and billionaire Dean Metropoulos who contā™rols Hostess Brands is in the hunt, sources said.