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Former President George H.W. Bush
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Bush senior reportedly plans to vote for Clinton

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, niece of President John F. Kennedy, writes on Facebook that the 41st president told her he intended to vote for the Democratic nominee; spokesman: 'President Bush's vote will be private.'

Former President George H.W. Bush plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, the niece of President John F. Kennedy wrote in a Facebook posting.

 

 

"The President told me he's voting for Hillary!!" read

 

the caption of a picture Kathleen Kennedy Townsend posted on Facebook, as she shook the 92 year-old ex-president's hand.

 

Former President George H.W. Bush (Photo: Reuters)
Former President George H.W. Bush (Photo: Reuters)

 

The news site Politico posted a screenshot of the picture with the comment.

 

Townsend, 63, is a Democratic former lieutenant governor of Maryland and the daughter of former attorney general Robert Kennedy, assassinated in 1968. Her uncle was President Kennedy (1961-1963).

 

On Facebook Townsend is identified as Kathleen Hartington, her middle name.

 

The Bush clan has not offered their support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

 

A spokesman for Bush senior, president 1989-1993, was neutral on the subject when asked.

 

"The vote President Bush will cast as a private citizen in some 50 days will be just that: a private vote cast in some 50 days," spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement Tuesday.

 

"He is not commenting on the presidential race in the interim."

 

Neither Bush nor his sons—including ex-president George W. Bush (2001-2009) and Jeb Bush, a former Florida governor and ex-2016 presidential hopeful—went to Trump's nomination at the Republican National Convention in August.

 

 

 


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