Former President George H.W. Bush raised quite a stir on social media when news broke via a Facebook post that he was planning to cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton.
The idea of a Bush voting for a Clinton blew a few minds in the media, but would it happen again when George H.W. Bush cast his vote for president?
According to Jonathan Martin of the New York Times, President Bush and wife Laura simply left the presidential line empty and headed down the ballot instead.
NEWS: George W. & Laura Bush did not vote for Trump. They left the presidential line empty & cast votes for downballot GOP candidates
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 8, 2016
A former president not voting for president? That’s news.
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) November 8, 2016
bull shit. How do you know that? Were you spying in the booth?
— Nickarama (@Nickarama1) November 8, 2016
How do you know?
— Thomas Cain (@ThomasCain) November 8, 2016
Maybe they tweeted a voting booth selfie that slipped past us?
very disappointed in them.
— Vickie Treece (@Vltreece) November 8, 2016
How nice for them. Congratulations.
— Matthew A. Duda (@nnw59) November 8, 2016
Bush's are establishment, establishment hates Trump, don't expect anything different from them.
— Lisa Klein (@Lisak157) November 8, 2016
Which strangely enough is an indication of why Trump's appeal to the worker class is so strong.
— Smart Politics (@PoliticsQNA) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/analogkid2112/status/796111147439046656
@seanmdav …in other words, they voted for Hillary…
— ??70Rox ?? (@70Roxx) November 8, 2016
…in other words, they would have voted Clinton but couldn't face friends & family after voting for a Dem.
— Jason Willoughby ?? (@jpwilloughby) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/MindSlapDannye/status/796112722345816064
Country over Party.
— Robert (@BabyMorris) November 8, 2016
Thank you. https://t.co/sydg24fciG
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JuradoTequila/status/796110054059638784
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Update:
A spokesman for the president confirms that Bush and wife Laura left the presidential ballot blank.
Bush 43 spox confirms to @CBSNews that Bush and his wife Laura left their presidential ballots blank, voted Republican in downballot races.
— Emily Schultheis (@emilyrs) November 8, 2016
because on some tests, the correct answer is none of the above.
— Joshua Perry (@joshuaperry22) November 8, 2016
Irresponsible. People dying for the right to vote & they make a mockery of the process.
— Gaspard Gate Bison (@bradboyqld) November 8, 2016
@rezaaslan @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/Y5rMDK7bhW
— 70s Child (@OtherWA360) November 8, 2016
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