Former President George W. Bush has made an announcement in regards to the 2024 presidential election in November – however he is taking a much less distinguished stance than his vp.
Bush, a Republican who served from 2001 to 2009, mentioned in a press release on Saturday that he had no plans to make a public endorsement – refusing to again Donald Trump.
‘He retired from presidential politics a few years in the past,’ a spokesman mentioned, including that neither Bush nor his spouse Laura would reveal who they’re voting for in November.
Bush’s bitter swipe at Trump comes after he refused to again the Republican candidate in 2020 and voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. The final time he endorsed the GOP candidate was Mitt Romney in 2012.
Final week, Bush’s former vp Dick Cheney despatched shockwaves via the political sphere as he revealed that he plans to cross celebration traces and vote for Kamala Harris.
Former President George W. Bush doesn’t endorse and candidate forward of the 2024 election
Bush has determined to not endorse both candidate on this November’s presidential election
Cheney, who served as vp underneath Bush from the period of his two phrases mentioned on Friday that ‘in our nation’s 248-year historical past, there has by no means been a person who’s a better risk to our republic than Donald Trump.’
He added: ‘As residents, we every have an obligation to place nation above partisanship to defend our Structure. That’s the reason I will probably be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.’
Cheney has confronted criticism through the years from human rights teams as he performed a big position in planning the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which produced a heavy civilian loss of life toll and human rights abuses.
His daughter Liz Cheney, a former U.S. Consultant, mentioned on Wednesday she would vote for Harris, calling Trump a ‘hazard.’
She had additionally been a vocal critic of the present Republican presidential candidate, together with over the January 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.
Harris mentioned on Saturday endorsements of her by the Cheneys had been ‘brave’ for them placing nation forward of political celebration.
‘I am honored to have their endorsement,’ mentioned Harris at Penzeys Spices within the Strip District, on a break from debate preparation the place she greeted patrons and purchased spices.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney threw her assist this week behind Kamala Harris. She mentioned on Friday that her father Dick Cheney can be voting for the vp as effectively
Each Cheneys are former Home Republican leaders with the elder Cheney serving two phrases as George W. Bush’s Republican vp between 2001 and 2009
Harris was in Pittsburgh getting ready for the September 10 debate towards her Republican rival Donald Trump, with whom she is locked in a decent race for the November 5 vote.
She mentioned each Cheneys had been making a brave assertion that ‘it is okay, if not necessary, to place the nation above celebration.’
‘And them stepping as much as make this public assertion, I feel is brave, but in addition for the oldsters I used to be simply speaking with, it actually reinforces for them that we love our nation and now we have extra in widespread than what separates us,’ Harris mentioned.
Trump known as Dick Cheney an ‘irrelevant RINO alongside along with his daughter’ in a social media put up on Friday, utilizing a time period he applies to Republicans not loyal to him, which stands for ‘Republicans in Identify Solely.’
Mike Pence, who served as Trump’s vp for 4 years, has mentioned he is not going to endorse his former boss however he has additionally not backed Harris.
