LifeZette Editor-in-Chief Laura Ingraham on Tuesday night said Donald Trump was seeking in South Carolina to put the policies of the Bush family to bed for good. She compared his approach to that of Michael Corleone in the finale of “The Godfather,” in which the Al Pacino character ordered hits on the godfathers of the other crime families.

“Trump’s made a calculation that the only way to win this is to do what they did in the (closing) scene of ‘The Godfather,'” Ingraham humorously noted on Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier.” “You gotta take out the other families. You get them in the — you know, the revolving door, at the altar, and in the phone booth. He’s just decided, I guess, the one way to do it is to really settle the score on Bushism — on globalism, trade, immigration, the war.”

Ingraham said Trump understands the personal popularity of the Bushes, but suggested the mogul has an opening to succeed because of voter unhappiness with their policies.

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“I guess he’s banking on the fact that there’s just not all that much affection for the policies of the Bushes, but a lot of affection maybe for the personality — the people, the patriotic side of the Bushes,” she said.

“It’s a risky strategy, but right now, in South Carolina, could it pay off? I think we’re going to find out,” she continued. “Were all these policies popular? When the Bushes respond to this, they tend to go to personality, and they tend to go to ‘Donald Trump is a reality star, or ‘he’s not serious,’ but I think the debate about these policies is a healthy one to have for the Republican Party.”

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