Bush called out on Trump-Harris: When democracy calls, ‘you can’t just roll it over to voicemail’ - eviltoast

As many Republicans continue to buck their party’s nominee and nominate Vice President Harris for the White House, calls are mounting for former President George W. Bush to denounce former President Trump.

The Harris campaign has touted that more than 200 Republicans have endorsed the vice president, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and many former Trump insiders. It also includes former vice president to Bush, Dick Cheney.

He noted that Bush is “apparently above such petty concerns,” pointing to recent reports that said he is not endorsing anyone in the race for the White House. Multiple outlets reported that Bush’s office released a statement that said: “President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago.”

But it doesn’t work that way. When your country calls, you can’t just roll it over to voicemail because you don’t want to deal with it, especially when you are an elder statesman like an ex-president. Patriotism is for life,” Truax wrote, noting that former President Jimmy Carter said he hopes he can live to cast his vote for Harris.


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  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    2 months ago

    I really liked how Jon Stewart addressed Cheney’s endorsement.

    He stared directly at the camera and said “Fuck off Cheney.”

    Same goes for Bush. FUCK OFF BUSH. It would be an insult to have Bush or Cheney on “our” side. Goddamn war criminal, money grubbing, pieces of shit. Rest in piss when the time comes Bush.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Dude keeps an office staff to respond to this formally but claims to have retired from politics? Bullshit. If I have a political staff, I have not retired from politics. I want him to denounce, and I would still tell him to fuck off, so that everyone’s on the same page.

    • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
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      Condemning Trump doesn’t make anyone on anyone’s side. It means they’re NOT on Trump’s side.

      It’s a statement about how much Trump dominates political and social discourse that people think the Democratic party is the “anti-Trump” party.

      Obviously people like Cheney are against Trump, but that doesn’t mean that everyone that is against Trump is a Democrat. It usually just means they’re relatively rational.