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George W. Bush’s former officials set to support Biden, say Trump is ‘dangerous’

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  • Hundreds of Republicans who were former officials under Bush’s administration set to support Joe Biden’s campaign.
  • The initiative said that President Trump is a danger to the U.S, noting he mishandled the coronavirus crisis and the nationwide protests against police brutality.
  • Former Vice President Biden’s campaign team declined to comment on the latest initiative.    

Former officials who previously worked under the administration of Republican ex-President George W. Bush are to back-up Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

The information came from the people who are within the circle of the initiative, another Republican-headed group that came out recently to counter the second term bid, Trump.

The hundreds of officials comprised of Cabinet secretaries and other senior officers during Bush’s term have created an administrative working team, the 43 Alumni for Biden – to back him up in the upcoming November presidential race, as told by the organizers to Reuters.

The group, which is considered a Super Political action committee (PAC), is set to take-off on Wednesday, coupled with an online site and Facebook page. They plan to publish video materials that can boost Biden’s candidacy as it will be from well known Republicans and said to help the former vice president advance from vote-rich states.

The assembly is another addition to the other more Republican organizations that went out to campaign against Trump’s re-election, another indicator that the president has estranged some members of his political party.

Many said this was recent because of how Trump mishandled the coronavirus outbreak and his response to the countrywide demonstrations against racial discrimination and police brutality towards African-Americans.

Jennifer Millikin, one of the 43 Alumni forerunners, said that having Trump again as a president will be dangerous. Millikin is Bush’s staffer on his 2004 re-election campaign team and worked in his administration at the General Services Administration.               

Reuters was also able to interview Karen Kirksey and Kristopher Purcell, who worked under Bush’s White House team.

Millikin added that the group is not yet going to expose its other sponsors or members. Still, it will have to submit a list of primary donors to the Federal Election Commission by October.

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While Bush’s camp has been notified about the group’s existence, the former president is not part of the initiative and has not confirmed if he will support its goals.

A spokesperson for Bush, Freddy Ford, said the ex-President has already retired and won’t be involved in this election.

Bush, the 43rd U.S president, is still respected by several Republicans. He was recently praised for saying that the killing of George Floyd while under arrest by Minneapolis cops on May 25 reflected the system’s failure.

Meanwhile, the Biden campaign refused to comment on the initiative.

Erin Perrine, a representative from Trump’s campaign, said the  43 Alumni for Biden is another move to discredit the president.

Trump has repeatedly aired his disdain for conservative and Republican personalities who went against him, calling them in once instance, as human scums.

Source: AOL

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