According to CNN, there were about 40 other people in attendance, and it is unclear exactly how many heard him say it, but there are multiple sources who say that he did.
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Robert Francis Kennedy’s daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend on Tuesday claimed that former United State president George HW Bush will be voting for Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton in the upcoming presidential elections.
Townsend later told Politico she met with Bush, 92, in ME on Monday, where he told her about his preference in this year’s ballot.
Townsend is a member of the advisory board of the Points of Light Foundation. “He is not commenting on the presidential race in the interim”, wrote the spokesman in an email. CNN posted a screen shot of the post, which did not appear to have been made public on Townsend’s Facebook page. John McCain – though somewhat reluctantly, often referring to “the Republican nominee” rather than Trump by name.
Neither of the former presidents attended the Republican convention, though the younger Bush has campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates for Senate, including Sens. Everything about blustering, transgressive, rude Donald Trump is an affront to his sensibilities. A former US Treasury secretary, who served under Bush Jr, recently announced that he would be casting his vote for Clinton.
A representative for George W. Bush wouldn’t comment on Kennedy Townsend’s Facebook post or how George H.W. Bush would vote. Whatever you think of his politics, the first President Bush has always put an emphasis on grace and civility.
The Bushes and the Clintons have become close since Bill Clinton defeated the elder Bush in the race for the White House in 1992, with Clinton often joking about his status as an honorary member of the family.
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Even if George H.W. Bush hadn’t endorsed Hillary Clinton, it was hard to envision him backing Trump.
