Former President George W. Bush has no plans to endorse a presidential candidate this cycle, despite the fact that Dick Cheney, who was his vice president, said that he will vote for Kamala Harris.
His office told NBC News, “President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago.”
Bush did not endorse in the 2020 election, but later told People magazine that he wrote in the name of Condoleeza Rice, who served as his secretary of state. In 2016, Bush left the presidential ballot blank, according to his spokesperson. His father, President George H.W. Bush, voted for Hillary Clinton that cycle, according to the the book The Last Republicans.
Cheney released a statement on Friday in which he said that “there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again.”
“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Cheney’s daughter, former congresswoman Liz Cheney, said earlier last week that she also will vote for Harris.
George W. Bush endorsed John McCain in the 2008 election and Mitt Romney in 2012. He has not attended a Republican convention since 2004, but he did speak from the White House at the 2008 event. Of the living GOP presidential and vice presidential nominees, only Sarah Palin, McCain’s running mate in 2008, has endorsed Trump.
