Former Republican President George W. Bush, during one of the most consequential elections in the country’s history, refused to choose the conservative major party candidate on the 2020 ballot, and instead wasted his vote, he has disclosed.
Bush, who was president from 2001 to 2009, told People magazine in an interview published this week that he voted for Condoleezza Rice, his second-term Secretary of State, and not former President Donald Trump. Bush said he wrote in Rice’s name, which is a fact she is aware of.
“She knows it,” Bush told the left-wing entertainment and lifestyle outlet, “But she told me she would refuse to accept the office.”
While it’s moderately comforting to know that the former commander-in-chief and leader of the GOP did not directly vote for then-candidate Joe Biden, it’s a bit of a gut punch for conservatives who spent eight years defending him and his family name from attacks from the left.
