Posted on 09/07/2024 9:15:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Former President George W. Bush does not plan to endorse a candidate for president, his office told NBC News on Saturday.
When asked whether the former president or his wife, Laura, would endorse a candidate or make public how they will vote, Bush's office said "no."
"President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago," the office added.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign declined to comment but pointed to the campaign's Republican outreach efforts.
Bush's former vice president, Dick Cheney, announced on Friday that he would back Harris in the November election.
"In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," Cheney said in a statement. "He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again."
Days earlier, the former vice president's daughter, former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, said that she would cast her ballot for Harris. Both Cheneys, who are Republicans, have been critical of former President Donald Trump, and the younger Cheney has been especially outspoken.
Responding to reporters' questions on Saturday, Harris said that she was "honored" to have the Cheneys' endorsements, adding that it "really reinforces for them that we love our country, and we have more in common than what separates."
The fact that Bush is not endorsing his party's nominee is itself notable. In 2012, Bush said he was backing Republican candidate Mitt Romney against former President Barack Obama. Four years earlier, Bush endorsed the now-late Sen. John McCain for president in 2008.
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Good. This POS should go hide into the shadows where he belongs. A disgraced nepo-baby.
The Bushies can whack off.
Hey George W. Bush,
It’s time for you to endorse VP Kamala Harris and put country over party.
Sincerely,
The American people. pic.twitter.com/4BDi83oKxZ— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) September 7, 2024
Swamp creatures hate Trump.
What better endorsement could he have?
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(”President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago,” the office added)
Hahaha - lies
In essence, the Bushes are establishment political careerists working the Republican side of the street devoted to their own interests and to close friends and reliable allies. The rest of us are more in the way of customers to be fleeced and abandoned as circumstances dictate.
My guess is that Harris did not want Bush's endorsement.
She was okay with the Cheneys endorsing her because after all, Lynne "stood up" to Trump by taking part in the 1/6 committee.
I’d be concerned if a Bush endorsed Trump.
He has sat there and done nothing useful for America since 2003.
Why should today be any different.
George W. Bush just threw a whole lot of shade at Donald Trump
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 4:43 PM EDT, Mon September 13, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/politics/george-w-bush-donald-trump-september-11/index.html
George W. Bush Condemns the Trump-Era Republican Party
How George W. Bush exposed Trump’s biggest failure
https://theweek.com/articles/912481/how-george-w-bush-exposed-trumps-biggest-failure
George W. Bush Finally Says What He Thinks About Trump
And he didn’t even have to say the president’s name.
By Abigail Tracy
October 19, 2017
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/george-w-bush-donald-trump
George W Bush condemns bigotry and lies in coded attack on Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/19/george-w-bush-trump-bigotry-lies-coded-attack
In stunning attack, George W. Bush rebukes Trump, suggesting he promotes falsehoods and prejudice
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-bush-speech-20171019-story.html
And that’s just a quick search
Yeppers
At this point, I think that people’s declarations about supporting Trump say more about them than Donald. He is a given. How much someone foams about him is HUUUGGGGEEE tell.
(My guess is that George W. got so much pushback on his trial balloon)
Yep
The Bushes never cared about us except for votes
The one thing that I can agree with Jesse Jackson:
Stay out da Bushes!!
He's a Romney Republican.
At a minimum
He’s a Neocon Globalist United Nations-loving Uniparty Elitist tool
Who couldn’t even move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem
Which was right in line with Daddy Bush
This must be Dubya’s way of avoiding the Deep State’s pressure to endorse Marxist Kamala. They’ve already gotten Cheney.
It's obvious that Dubya will vote for Harris.
Harris is more likely to be aggressive as the POTUS. Which is what the MIC wants. Cheney approves.
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