George H.W. Bush for Democrat Clinton? A Kennedy says so

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George H.W. Bush for Democrat Clinton? A Kennedy says so

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

WASHINGTON DC, USA – 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.

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, 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, September 20. 

“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. – Rappler.com

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