President George W. Bush visits Oak Ridge in 2004. The visit was highlighted with gas centrifuge components and uranium processing equipment sent from Libya to Oak Ridge as part of nuclear non-proliferation efforts
After former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) opted to endorse the unelected Democratic Party presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, former President George W. Bush felt it necessary to inform America that he would not endorse anyone for president. Bush is no doubt not a fan of President Donald Trump, who famously skewered Bush’s brother Jeb in the 2016 GOP primary debates. James Lynch reports in National Review:
Former president George W. Bush does not plan on endorsing a presidential candidate this cycle or publicly disclosing how he and his wife Laura will be voting.
“President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago,” Bush’s office told NBC News. Bush voted for his former secretary of state Condolezza Rice for president in 2020 after he and his wife did not support Trump or Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in 2016.
His former vice president Dick Cheney revealed Friday that he will be supporting Vice President Kamala Harris over former president Donald Trump.
“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 said in a statement.
Cheney’s daughter, former Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.), is an outspoken critic of Trump and announced her support for Harris. She lost her seat in 2022 to a Trump-backed challenger after becoming a staunch critic of Trump because of his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Reacting to both Cheney endorsements, Harris said she was “honored” to have their support and praised them for transcending partisan divisions. Democrats spent many years criticizing Dick Cheney’s aggressive approach to the Middle East and War on Terror, often making him out to be a super villain and a war criminal.
Now, Harris’s campaign is attempting to court moderate Republicans whose votes are potentially up for grabs because of their disdain for Trump. A number of those voters backed former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley in the GOP primary, who has endorsed Trump since dropping out of the race and urged the former president to do more to court her supporters.
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