George Bush Refuses To Endorse Anyone in the 2024 Election

(Scypre.com) – Former President George W. Bush has chosen to remain silent on whom he will vote for in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. His office confirmed to NBC News that neither he nor former First Lady Laura Bush plans to make a public endorsement. “President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago,” his office stated, indicating that the former president has stepped away from making any public declarations about candidates.

This decision from Bush comes just after his former vice president, Dick Cheney, made headlines by breaking from the Republican Party to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Cheney, who served alongside Bush, has taken a firm stance against former President Donald Trump, the GOP’s likely candidate for 2024.

“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in his public statement. He further accused Trump of attempting to subvert the 2020 election through “lies and violence” and declared that Trump should never again be entrusted with power.

Trump fired back at Cheney, dismissing him as “an irrelevant RINO,” a label for “Republican in Name Only,” in a post on Truth Social. This sharp exchange highlights the widening divisions within the Republican Party as it moves closer to the 2024 election.

Vice President Harris responded to Cheney’s endorsement, expressing her gratitude. “I’m honored,” she told reporters, emphasizing the shared values that Cheney’s support signifies. She suggested that his backing underlined the importance of unity and patriotism. The Harris campaign, however, has not yet commented on Bush’s decision to stay silent.

Although Bush’s office reiterated his retirement from presidential politics, it’s worth noting that he has made significant endorsements in past elections. In 2008, Bush backed Senator John McCain’s run against Barack Obama, and in 2012, he endorsed Senator Mitt Romney in his campaign against Obama’s re-election. However, his attitude seemed to shift with the rise of Donald Trump in 2016.

Bush refrained from engaging in Trump’s political era, focusing instead on supporting Republican senators and avoiding presidential endorsements. His office disclosed that in 2016, neither he nor Laura Bush voted for the major party candidates, a sign of his dissatisfaction with both options. In the 2020 election, Bush revealed that he had written in former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rather than backing Trump.

With his silence now, it remains unclear how Bush’s choice will affect the 2024 election. The Trump campaign, much like Harris’s, has yet to comment on Bush’s neutrality.