Former President George W. Bush has no plans to reveal who he will vote for in the upcoming 2024 election.
“No,” the former president's office responded. NBC News asks Whether he or former First Lady Laura Bush would publicly endorse a candidate. “President Bush retired from presidency years ago.”
Bush's refusal to publicly endorse him came just a day after former Vice President Dick Cheney announced he would run against his party's nominee in November and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Former US President George W. Bush watches before kickoff of the Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, November 12, 2023. (Photo by Cooper Neal/Getty Images)
“In the 248-year history of our country, there has never been an individual more threatening to our nation than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in a statement. “He tried to steal the last election, using lies and violence to maintain his hold on power after it was rejected by voters. We cannot entrust him with power again.”
Following Cheney's endorsement, Trump responded in a post on Truth Social, calling Cheney an “irrelevant Republican in the Republican Primary.”
Harris told reporters on Sunday she was “honored” to receive Cheney's endorsement, adding that it was “a real reminder to them that we love our country and that we have more in common than we have differences.”
The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request from Fox News Digital seeking comment on Bush's silence.
Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia, August 29, 2024. REUTERS/Elisabeth Franz (Reuters)
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While Bush's office maintains that the former president “retired from office years ago,” he has supported Republican presidential candidates in the past, backing then-Senator John McCain's bid against former President Barack Obama in 2008 and giving his all to the 2012 bid for Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah.
Bush's stance on presidential elections appeared to change with the emergence of former President Donald Trump in 2016, but he declined to comment on Trump and instead focused on supporting Republican senators. In November, Bush's office announced that he and former First Lady Trump did not vote for either major party's candidate in the 2016 election.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally with Republican vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance, in Atlanta, Georgia, August 3, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner
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After Trump lost his reelection bid in 2020, Bush said he backed former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in his campaign that year.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
