I think you are reading more into her quote than is really there. All she said was she wasn’t part of the administration. I don’t think she was making a commentary on her own personal choices. I’m not saying she hasn’t “engaged,” but I don’t believe she was indicating one way or the other from what was written in that article.
“We hiked Cadillac Mountain, which is the tallest peak on the Northeast. … It’s supposedly where the sun first hits the United States. … We got up at 4 in the morning. We had camped out in a tent, and he woke me up, and he was really excited, and of course, I did not want to go hiking at 4 in the morning. It was freezing. … We hiked in the dark for an hour and a half, and then when we got towards the top, with the sunrise, he asked me,” Bush said.
Bush accepted Hager’s proposal.