‘It’s time for new leadership in this country’: George W Bush and Mitt Romney among Republicans who say they won’t back Trump re-election By Jonathan Martin
t was one thing in 2016 for top Republicans to take a stand against Donald Trump for president: he wasn’t likely to win anyway, the thinking went, and there was no ongoing conservative governing agenda that would be endangered.
The 2020 campaign is different: opposing the sitting president of your own party means putting policy priorities at risk, in this case appointing conservative judges, sustaining business-friendly regulations and cutting taxes – as well as incurring the volcanic wrath of Mr Trump.
But, far sooner than they expected, growing numbers of prominent Republicans are debating how far to go in revealing that they won’t back his re-election – or might even vote for Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee. They’re feeling a fresh urgency because of Mr Trump’s incendiary response to the protests of police brutality, atop his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private discussions.
Former president George W Bush won’t support the re-election of Mr Trump, and Jeb Bush isn’t sure how he’ll vote, say people familiar with their thinking. Senator Mitt Romney of Utah won’t back Mr Trump and is deliberating whether to again write in his wife, Ann, or cast another ballot this November. And Cindy McCain, the widow of senator John McCain, is almost certain to support Mr Biden but is unsure how public to be about it because one of her sons is eyeing a run for office.
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