Jeb Bush will not vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the presidential election, he announced Friday, saying that he doesn’t think either one will “put us on a better course.”
“In November, I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but I will support principled conservatives at the state and federal levels, just as I have done my entire life,” Bush wrote in a Facebook post.
{mosads}“For Republicans, there is no greater priority than ensuring we keep control of both chambers of Congress. I look forward to working hard for great conservatives in the Senate and House in the coming months.”
Bush slammed both parties’ front-runners as unfit for the White House.
“Donald Trump has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character,” he said. “He has not displayed a respect for the Constitution. And, he is not a consistent conservative. These are all reasons why I cannot support his candidacy.
“Hillary Clinton has proven to be an untrustworthy liberal politician who, if elected, would present a third term of the disastrous foreign and economic policy agenda of Barack Obama.”
Bush and Trump had a contentious rivalry before the former Florida governor dropped out of the race, with Trump repeatedly calling him “low energy.”
With the announcement Friday, he is the latest member of the Bush clan to rebuke Trump. Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush — Jeb Bush’s father and brother, respectively — both announced this week that they would not be attending the Republican National Convention in July.