She posted a picture of herself shaking hands with the former president, age 92, and saying that he told her he’s voting for Clinton.
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Her profile posts are set to private, but Politico published a screen grab it had obtained from her post.
Townsend told Politico that she met the former president in ME earlier Monday where she said he made it known that he was voting for a Democrat.
Jim McGrath, a spokesman for George H.W. Bush, isn’t denying the choice – instead staying vague on the former president’s political preference.
Henry M. Paulson Jr., the Treasury secretary under George W. Bush, wrote a strident Washington Post editorial in June, which said he would vote for Clinton.
George H.W.’s declaration, whether he intended it to be widely circulated or not, is the most major party-flipping in this race so far.
George HW’s son and George W’s brother, Jeb Bush was one of Trump’s unsuccessful opponents in the 2016 Republican primary and Trump has been extremely critical of the two former presidents of the family.
Trump later echoed Priebus’s warning that future support from the Republican Party is contingent on the politicians getting behind the party’s chosen election candidate.
A White House squeaker?
Bush had meant to stay silent on the White House race between Clinton and Donald Trump.
George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States and Republican successor to Ronald Reagan, is casting his vote in November for a Clinton.
There has been no love lost between the Bush family and GOP nominee Donald Trump.
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Well, Hillary Clinton has certainly scored some top Republican endorsements throughout this campaign.
