WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George W. Bush, a Republican, does not plan to endorse or say how he or his wife Laura will vote in the November presidential election, a spokesman said on Saturday.
“He retired from presidential politics many years ago,” said the spokesman, who did not want to be identified.
The announcement came a day after Bush’s vice president, Dick Cheney, announced he would cross party lines and vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris instead of former Republican President Donald Trump.
Cheney, who served as Bush’s vice president from 2001 to 2009, said Friday that “in the 248-year history of our nation, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.”
Harris said Saturday that the support she received from Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz, a former U.S. representative, was “courageous” in putting country before political party.
Mike Pence, who served as Trump’s vice president for four years, has said he will not endorse his former boss, but he has not endorsed Harris.