Daily Mail: George W. Bush comes out of retirement to throw shade at Trump as he denounces 'bullying and prejudice' in politics and praises the value of immigration
* Former U.S. president George W. Bush left little doubt about how he feels about Donald Trump on Thursday
* Rare speech in New York City was full of veiled barbs in the current president's direction
* 'Bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone,' he said, and 'provides permission for cruelty and bigotry'
* 'Bigotry seems emboldened; our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication'
* Bush also slammed Trump's trade isolationism and complained that 'we've seen nationalism distorted into nativism' and forgotten immigration's 'dynamism'
George W. Bush hinted Thursday at his dissatisfaction with Donald Trump, complaining in a New York City speech that 'bullying and prejudice' has become a caustic norm in American public life.
At an event hosted by the George W. Bush Institute, the 43rd U.S. president rattled off a thinly veiled litany of complaints about the current commander-in-chief, focusing on both his tone and his isolationist policy choices.
'Our young people need positive role models,' he said. 'Bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry, and compromises the moral education of children.'
'Bigotry seems emboldened' in today's America, Bush added. 'Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.'
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WNU Editor: Is there a constituency in America for President W. Bush's vision of America .... open borders, globalism, and unending wars? I doubt it .... and (for me) his speech was nothing more but a litany of complaints that an agenda that he opposes is being implemented.
More News On Former President George W. Bush's Speech On What Is The State Of America
George W. slams Trumpism, without mentioning president by name -- Politico
George W. Bush: Bigotry and white supremacy are 'blasphemy' against the American creed -- CNN
Bush blasts bigotry and white supremacy, says US politics 'vulnerable' to 'outright fabrication' -- ABC News
Bush calls on US to 'recall and recover' its identity -- The Hill
George W. Bush warns "bigotry seems emboldened" under Trump -- CBS News
George W. Bush's unmistakable takedown of Trumpism — and Trump -- Washington Post
4 comments:
One tired old Establishmentarian. Now I remember why he had a 22% approval rating when he left office.
Go give McCain a hug, George.
McCain spent years in a Nam prison camp and is dying of cancer
Have you no decency mr snark
So RussinSocal is Mr Snark too now.
How droll that anyone who is not a Lefty is guilty of snark.
Mr Trump is not guilty of anything that the same old establishment type and Democrats have said of Republican presidents since Carter.
Reagan was an amiable dunce per establishment Republicans
GWB was either shrub or a monkey according to the type of lunatic leveling the charge. Other loonies were writing assassination porn. During the time Bush was passing the "No Child left behind Act" with liberal lion & lady killer Teddy Kennedy I thought he was going to be impeached. The Democrat certainly made as much or more racket than they have done in the last year.
It was impeach for the 1st 2 years of Bush and it is impeachment now. Demoncats have not changed their stripes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU
The best things about Bush was he was not Gore, who is an idiot calling everyone a Climate denier (He did not get a passing grade in college science) and he would not abandon American service members like a Demoncat would and do. With that said Bush, who never said anything during 8 years of Obama is sullying himself.
@ anon:
I respect McCain's service and his sacrifice. And I don't with cancer on anyone. But in between his Vietnam service and his illness, he's been a total political disaster. The embodiment of the GOP establishment. Ran an (intentionally?) inept campaign in '08 as the sacrificial lamb. Stood in the way of several defense contracts because they violated his personal priorities as opposed to the National defense needs. and the recent anti-Trump tirades and votes.
I wish he would leave the Senate today.
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