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‘Morally indefensible’ – but George W Bush will not come out against Trump

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MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell hits out at George W Bush , the Republican former president, for refusing to weigh in on America ’s looming presidential election.

Increasingly, Bush and some other top Republicans from his political era are looking lonely in their ongoing refusal to take a side in an election in which many have warned that US democracy is under threat.

A former White House official under both Bushes said they would vote for Harris .

He said it is easier to come out against Trump in national security space and democracy space.

The former official suggested George W Bush “may write in Condi Rice again” with a laugh.

As for Baker , he said: “Don’t forget, he’s from Houston . I think if you spend 50 years around Houston , you just absorb the oil and gas view of the world’.

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