After several prominent GOP critics of President Donald Trump have confirmed they will not be voting for him in November, many pundits wondered if former President George W. Bush would weigh in.
His office finally released a statement on the matter, but only to confirm that he would not be publicly endorsing any candidate nor would he reveal whom he plans to vote for.
According to Fox News:
Former President George W. Bush does not plan to reveal whom he will vote for in the upcoming 2024 election.
“No,” the former president’s office said when asked by NBC News whether he or former First Lady Laura Bush would endorse a candidate publicly. “President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago.”
Bush’s refusal to make a public endorsement comes just a day after his former vice president, Dick Cheney, announced that he would go against his party’s candidate and support Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
Several anti-Trump Republicans have spoken out against the GOP nominee in recent weeks, including some who said they would be casting a ballot for Kamala Harris.
Warmonger Liz Cheney says she’s going to vote for Kamala Harris—I can’t think of a better endorsement…of Donald Trump.
The best thing Trump has done for the GOP is to make peacemakers normalized again among Republicans.
— Eric Sammons (@EricRSammons) September 5, 2024
Dick and Liz Cheney to vote for Harris. Remember this. NO TRUE CONSERVATIVE would EVER vote for a Marxist Democrat. EVER. Now you know everything you need to know about the Cheney clan. Fact. pic.twitter.com/Jp02VWLeg2
— Mark Walters (@aarmark) September 7, 2024
Former Trump WH Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham tells the DNC that Trump "mocks his supporters" and calls them "basement dwellers" behind closed doors. pic.twitter.com/XPxELfypCt
— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) August 20, 2024
Tulsi Gabbard: Dick Cheney’s endorsement of Kamala Harris exposes major “realignment” taking place
“You have Adam Kinzinger, Dick Cheney, and Liz Cheney supporting and endorsing Kamala Harris proudly.
People who are neocons, not hesitating to say ‘let’s go to war’ in any and… pic.twitter.com/ejAwc8j1g3
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) September 8, 2024
Of course, a number of high-profile Democrats have also defected since Harris secured the nomination:
JUST IN: Alan Dershowitz. A life long DEM officially LEAVES THE PARTY..
“I am no longer a Democrat.”pic.twitter.com/XsS1tWfSKW
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) September 6, 2024
Trump has even added two former Democrats to his transition team, as CNBC reported:
Former President Donald Trump has added his onetime campaign rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to his presidential transition team, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
Both Kennedy and Gabbard endorsed Trump in the past week in his race against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.
“As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan lines, we are proud that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard have been added to the Trump/Vance Transition team,” Trump campaign senior advisor Brian Hughes said in a statement to CNBC.
Here’s some additional coverage of the growing wave of Trump support among current and former Democrats:
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