Jeb Bush said Friday that he will not vote for Donald Trump in November, joining a list of Republican Party luminaries who will not back the party’s presumptive nominee.
“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,” the former Florida governor wrote in a statement published on his Twitter and Facebook accounts. “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 said Trump has “not demonstrated” the necessary “temperament or strength of character. 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.”
