George HW Bush 'to vote for Clinton'

A Kennedy says former US Republican president will vote for Democrat Clinton

WASHINGTON: Former president George HW Bush plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, the niece of president John F Kennedy wrote in a Facebook postingGeorge HW Bush 'to vote for Clinton'

"The President told me he's voting for Hillary!!" read the caption of a picture Kathleen Kennedy Townsend posted on Facebook, as she shook the 92 year-old ex-president's hand.



The news site Politico posted a screenshot of the picture with the comment.

Townsend, 63, is a Democratic former lieutenant governor of Maryland and the daughter of former attorney general Robert Kennedy, assassinated in 1968. Her uncle was president Kennedy (1961-1963).

On Facebook Townsend is identified as Kathleen Hartington, her middle name.

The Bush clan has not offered their support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

A spokesman for Bush, president 1989-1993, was neutral on the subject when asked.



"The vote President Bush will cast as a private citizen in some 50 days will be just that: a private vote cast in some 50 days," spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement Tuesday.

"He is not commenting on the presidential race in the interim."

Neither Bush nor his sons -- including ex-president George W. Bush (2001-2009) and Jeb Bush, a former Florida governor and ex-2016 presidential hopeful -- went to Trump's nomination at the Republican National Convention in August.