Yikes, Even George H. W. Bush Won't Vote for Trump

in #news8 years ago

Former President George H.W. Bush is bucking his party's presidential nominee and plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a member of another famous political family, the Kennedys. Bush, 92, had intended to stay silent on the White House race between Clinton and Donald Trump, a sign in and of itself of his distaste for the GOP nominee. But his preference for the wife of his own successor, President Bill Clinton, nonetheless became known to a wider audience thanks to Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy. Story Continued Below

On Monday, Townsend posted a picture on her Facebook page shaking hands next to the former president and this caption: "The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!!”

Read more at the full article here: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/exclusive-george-hw-bush-to-vote-for-hillary-228395

Wow, you know you've got problems when a former president in your own party not only won't endorse you but will publicly state they are voting for your competitor. Ouch!

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My first guess is that he doesn't want to vote for the guy that beat his son. But my second guess is more on the lines of how the Republicans didn't really want Trump in the first place and tried to do everything they could to get rid of him.

Not sure that's really a bad thing for Trump. Not voting but definitely not letting bush have any weight on my decision.

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