Bush sr plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a member of another famous political family, the Kennedys. Thanks to the unparalleled outing capabilities of everyone’s favorite social network, however, the former president’s preference was revealed anyway this week.
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Forty-first US President George H.W. Bush, who served from 1989 to 1993 and also as Vice President from 1981 to 1989, has made a decision to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the upcoming 8 November election.
She says the 92-year-old told her his voting choice when she visited him in Maine.
“That’s what he said”, she told reporters. “He is not commenting on the presidential race in the interim”.
George H W Bush has said he will vote for Hillary Clinton, POLITICO has reported.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was one of the 16 Republican presidential candidates during the primaries, but his bid for the White House ended in February when he suspended his campaign.
Townsend, who has an account on Facebook under the name Kathleen Hartington, has been a longtime vocal supporter of Democrat presidential candidate Clinton’s.
Both the only living Republican presidents had declared before that they were not supporting Trump and stayed away from his convention in Cleveland.
From ex-national security advisor Brent Snowcroft to former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and former special assistant Shirin Tahir-Kheli, a raft of top-level Republicans have come out in support of Hillary over the past few months, including many from the administration of George W. Bush Jr.
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Jeb Bush, for his part, has indicated that, though he won’t back Trump in November, he will not be voting for Clinton, either.
