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Cooper’s Eye on the Left: Bush presidential vote decision refuted by his spokesman

Contributed Photo / Then-President George W. Bush laughs with two women while dining in Chattanooga during a visit here during his second term.
Contributed Photo / Then-President George W. Bush laughs with two women while dining in Chattanooga during a visit here during his second term. Contributed Photo / Then-President George W. Bush laughs with two women while dining in Chattanooga during a visit here during his second term.

By Clint Cooper 4 min read

Never said it

You could hardly have missed it recently when The New York Times reported former Republican President George W. Bush and his brother, former Florida Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, said they would not be voting for Republican President Donald Trump this fall.

It was repeated by many national news blogs and made it all over social media.

The only problem? It was a lie.

“This is completely made up,” George W. Bush spokesman Freddy Ford said in an email, according to the Texas Tribune. “He is retired from presidential politics and has not indicated how he will vote.”