A prominent member of the Kennedy family says former Republican President George HW Bush told her that he plans to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president this fall.
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Bush family representatives have declined to comment, and Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement: “The vote President Bush will cast as a private citizen in some 50 days will be just that: a private vote cast in some 50 days”.
Kennedy Townsend, who goes by Hartington online, posted a photo of herself with the former president on Facebook with the caption, “The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!”
“Well, I respect the 92-year-old former president very much and his decision”, Conway said in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett.
Among those who have distanced themselves from Trump are a number of GOP congressmen or senators who are up for reelection on November 8 and whose states have significant Hispanic populations, Latinos being one of the communities that the mogul has castigated and largely alienated during the course of his campaign.
George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush have stayed out of the political debate since campaigning earlier this year for their son Jeb’s unsuccessful bid for president.
But is Bush really endorsing Clinton?
Kennedy Townsend has since removed the post from Facebook, but this is the internet, where screenshots are forever. As many as 40 people were in attendance at the event.
“Basically, he said he was going to vote for Hillary, he was going to support Secretary Clinton”, Townsend said, recalling the meeting at a reception at the Points of Light Foundation.
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The Bush family, including George H.W. Bush’s son and 43 US President George W. Bush, has criticized Trump for comments he made about opponent Jeb Bush during the GOP primary season. “But look, this was a bruising primary.so I know there are a lot of hurt feelings there”.
