Louisiana Governor Jindal, who is currently ranked 13th among 17 of his Republican presidential candidates, is struggling hard to gain enough media attention to figure himself in the top 10.
"I realise that the best way to make news is to mention Donald Trump. That's the gold standard for making news these days. So, I've decided to randomly put his name into my remarks at various points, thereby ensuring that the news media will cover what I have to say," Jindal said in his campaign speeches in Iowa yesterday.
"Since the press is not covering it much, I'm providing you with a report from the Democrat primary: The Democrat candidate in first place is under investigation by the FBI. The Democrat candidate in second place calls himself a socialist which by the way means he is more honest than the candidate in first place," he said.
The Democrat candidate in fourth place thinks that America should be using the Metric System. And this list doesn't even include Joe Biden. I hope Biden gets into the race, we need some of his bizarre comments, we don't have enough of that already, he said.
"Let's tell the truth here - This crop of Democrat candidates is terribly weak. It's a joke. It's a complete disaster for the Democrat Party. Also did I mention Donald Trump?" Jindal said.
"His experiment yesterday earned him an unmistakable spike in media attention," the report said as it described Jindal as an underdog candidate.
In an interview with local KWWL, Jindal slammed Trump for his sexist comments on a woman television anchor.
"Look, I think there's no room for those kinds of comments. Those kinds of derogatory and rude comments, to me, show cowardness. The reality is, we don't treat people like that where I'm from," he said.
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