Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump

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Source: Texas Tribune

For the first time since his own presidency, George H.W. Bush is planning to stay silent in the race for the Oval Office — and the younger former president Bush plans to stay silent as well.

Bush 41, who enthusiastically endorsed every Republican nominee for the past five election cycles, will stay out of the campaign process this time. He does not have plans to endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, spokesman Jim McGrath told The Texas Tribune.

“At age 91, President Bush is retired from politics,” McGrath wrote in an email Wednesday. “He came out of retirement to do a few things for Jeb, but those were the exceptions that proved the rule.” His son Jeb Bush dropped out of the GOP presidential race in February.

Bush 43, meanwhile, "does not plan to participate in or comment on the presidential campaign," according to his personal aide, Freddy Ford.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2016/05/04/bush-41-43-have-no-plans-endorse-trump

[Jack Bone]

1. Will endorse Hillary instead

[rusty quoin]

2. Almost all Republicans come together in the end.

Evangelicals hated Romney and his cult in one election, and loved him and his religion in the next.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. "No plans"

Heh.

Seriously, if Jeb is any kind of man, there is no way he shouldn't punch Donald in the face.

[Geronimoe]

4. This will give Trump a boost in the polling

Is low energy Jeb going to support Trump?

[pnwmom]

5. What about Jeb?

[ViseGrip]

6. So the Bush's are okay with Hillary?

http://www.snopes.com/photograph-clinton-bush-wallace/

[liberalnarb]

7. Haven't they been swept under the rug in the past two elections anyway?

[MosheFeingold]

8. Bush 41

Is a nice man and well-intentioned, if wrong.

He pretty much chose public service his entire life, when he could have been off doing rich people things. So he has some gravitas.

He was back from the days where Republicans and Democrats pulled in the same direction, or at least tried to. And when they disagreed, they did so without being disagreeable.

So, I think his lack of endorsement is a significant issue to the more serious Republicans.

No one cares about W or Jeb. They're idiots.

[Cayenne]

9. That will backfire too!

Those war mongers will acquiesce to Hillary. That's the neocons she will attract to make up any Bernie loses and then some.