Asked in 2017 if she was still a Republican, the former first lady replied: “I'd probably say no.”
Former first lady Barbara Bush no longer considered herself a Republican in the final months of her life because of the direction the GOP took under President Donald Trump, an upcoming biography reveals.
In 1988, Trump had offered to be the running mate of her husband George H.W. Bush when he was about to receive the Republican presidential nomination, the year he went on to beat Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis. She was equally as disparaging of his divorce settlement with his wife Ivana when her allies said the $25 million prenuptial settlement was not enough. “Trump now means greed, selfishness and ugly. So sad,” Bush wrote.
She blamed Trump's ridicule of Jeb during that campaign for causing stress which contributed to a chronic heart episode that left her hospitalized in June 2016. During that campaign, she said of Trump: “I don’t understand why people are for him.” Page wrote, “That was a stunning acknowledgment… Her comment reflected the aftershocks of the earthquake that was the 2016 election."
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