Jeb Bush is toning it down when āit 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 š¼of themselves.
āFake news actually exists outside of politics. It actually exists too when youāre trying to purchase a baseball teš®am,ā Bush said while speaking onstage at the Skybridge Alternatives Conference in Las Vegas.
Thatās in contrast to May 2, when Bush told The Post he was āconfidentā that the Marlins bid he and Yankees legend Derek Jeter were makinšg together would succeed.
The Post aļ·½sked Bush after the panel what he meant by āfake newsā. He declined comment, saš¼ying he had āno newsā.
Bush and Jeter are still trying to raise the roughly $900 million in equity nź¦ eededš 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 recešived a fullšy financed bid for the team.
āThere needs to be a solidified financial structure presented to us so that weš š ŗāre sure that we actually have a transaction that can move ahead.ā
He also said, āTherše are two bidders, at least, for the franchise.ā
āThe 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 [Maārlins owner Jeffrey] Loria was looking for.ā
Tagg Romney, son of Mitt Romney, is working on a rival bid, and billionaire Dean Metropoulos who contārols Hostess Brands is in the hunt, sources said.