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Former President George W. Bush and Senator Mitt Romney wont support Mr. Trumps re-election, and other G.O.P. officials are mulling a vote for Joe Biden.
The 2020 campaign is different: Opposing the sitting president of your own party means putting policy priorities at risk, in this case appointing conservative judges, sustaining business-friendly regulations and cutting taxes as well as incurring the volcanic wrath of Mr. Trump.
But, far sooner than they expected, growing numbers of prominent Republicans are debating how far to go in revealing that they wont back his re-election or might even vote for Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic nominee. Theyre feeling a fresh urgency because of Mr. Trumps incendiary response to the protests of police brutality, atop his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private discussions.
Former President George W. Bush wont support the re-election of Mr. Trump, and Jeb Bush isnt sure how hell vote, say people familiar with their thinking. Senator Mitt Romney of Utah wont back Mr. Trump and is deliberating whether to again write in his wife, Ann, or cast another ballot this November. And Cindy McCain, the widow of Senator John McCain, is almost certain to support Mr. Biden but is unsure how public to be about it because one of her sons is eying a run for office.
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/politics/trump-biden-republicans-voters.html?smid=tw-share
Quite the list if you click the article.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)a coward on twitter today. Mainly went after him because he refused to say if he approved of what Trump did with the photo opp.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)not like he voted for him in 2016 either. W probably voted for Clinton in 2016 as did McCain.
Cha
(297,323 posts)dead eyed magats.
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)This is totally amazing: Former President George W. Bush wont support the re-election of Mr. Trump
PTWB
(4,131 posts)I wonder how he feels about this.
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)I cannot remember this happening in the last 100 years.....has it happened?
A former president of the U.S. does NOT SUPPORT a current PRESIDENT OF HIS OWN PARTY!!!!
elleng
(130,974 posts)is good, but we're getting impatient.
It Took A Long Time For Republicans To Abandon Nixon.
'On July 23, 1974, Rep. Lawrence Hogan, Sr., a Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, bought airtime on TV networks across his home state of Maryland. He had a big announcement to share: Hogan was the first Republican on the House Judiciary Committee to publicly say he would vote to impeach Nixon. It was just over two weeks before Nixon would announce his resignation, and the Judiciary Committee was poised to approve three articles of impeachment against the president except nobody knew that yet.'
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it-took-a-long-time-for-republicans-to-abandon-nixon/
NOTE REP. Lawrence Hogan Sr. was the father of current MD Governor Lawrence (Larry) Hogan.
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)...Trump is poison for Republicans.. Is Trump going to attack former President Bush & Current Senator Romney?
If Bush Jr. is doing this, there will be a whole lot more. (in my opinion)..Here a kek sentence from the original post in relation to what Bush & Romney did:
Theyre feeling a fresh urgency because of Mr. Trumps incendiary response to the protests of police brutality, atop his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private discussions.
elleng
(130,974 posts)but as I said, I /we're getting IMPATIENT!
quickesst
(6,280 posts)....and for us. Think I will shelve any animosity I have, and embrace this news. Whether it's temporary or permanent remains to be seen. As far as GW goes, if Michelle can forgive him, I can at least give him the benefit of the doubt. For a few, I never wanted to carry this baggage around forever anyway.
mucifer
(23,553 posts)usajumpedtheshark
(672 posts)at least he has courage to show how crazy it is for any Republican to continue support Trump.