Barbara Bush, the daughter of former Republican president George W Bush, announced her endorsement for Democratic presidential nominee and vice president Kamala Harris as she had been silently campaigning for her in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Barbara told People Magazine that she was hopeful that voters would back Harris in the November 5 election to “move our country forward and protect women’s rights”. “It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” she said.
Liz Cheney who is also actively campaigning for Kamala Harris thanked Barbara “for standing for truth, decency, and freedom.” Liz Cheney and her father former vice president Dick Cheney announced their support for Kamala Harris earlier. Dick served as the vice president under President Bush but Bush or his wife Laura Bush will not endorse any candidate.
In 2010, Barbara Bush told People that she did not identify with either major party. In 2017, she praised Planned Parenthood’s work, noting the importance of advocating for the agency after former President Trump took over the White House.
By endorsing Kamala Harris, Barbara joined the long list of Republicans against Donald Trump which also includes Susan Ford Bales, the daughter of another former Republican president — the late Gerald Ford. Ford took office after Richard Nixon resigned in the aftermath of Watergate in 1974. “America cannot regress back to a divisive paradigm of loathing toward one another and disdain for our Constitution,” Bales wrote on Oct. 21. “We witnessed on January 6 the horrors of what that looks like, and we can never allow a repeat of that tragedy.”
More than 200 staffers who worked for George W Bush and his father George HW Bush, Sen MutrrtMitt Romney (R-Utah) and the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) endorsed Harris’ bid in August, warning a second Trump presidency would “irreparably damage our beloved democracy.”
