Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that President Barack Obama called her when negotiators had reached a deal on Iran’s nuclear program.
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Bush isn’t the only high-profile Republican to distance himself from the GOP’s 2016 standard-bearer.
Politico magazine first reported former Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert Kennedy’s daughter, posting a picture on Facebook of her and the former President, saying “The President told me he’s voting for Hillary”.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – the former lieutenant governor of Maryland and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy – outed Bush, who meant to stay publicly silent on this year’s election.
Townsend, a Democrat, told Politico on Monday that she met the former president while she was in Maine. Bush Spokesman Jim McGrath declined to confirm or deny the story, stressing that Bush is a “private citizen”.
A spokesman for the former president said that Bush wasn’t going to publicly endorse anyone. That has trickled down to President George W. Bush, who also has an affinity for Clinton.
A former president hasn’t openly backed the nominee from another party in decades.
While his reelection bid was rebuked by Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, George H.W. Bush and the former Democratic president have since become close friends.
“This was a bruising primary”, she said, “and Jeb Bush really failed all expectations”.
A spokesperson for Bush, Sr., 92, has not yet confirmed Townsend’s claim that Bush will indeed vote for Clinton, according to CNN. None of the most prominent members of the Bush family attended the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
“The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!” the accompanying note read, indicating that Bush – ousted from office by Bill Clinton – might now be planning to vote for the former first lady.
Sabato continued, “This ought to tell voters something very important about Donald Trump”.
He lost to her husband, but former president George.
They also have a long, close, and, frankly, weird relationship with both Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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Naturally, Trump had to respond on Twitter. Marvin Bush, the former president’s youngest son, has said he would vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson.
