TOI World Desk
Dick Cheney who served as the vice president when George W Bush was the president already announced that he would vote for Kamala Harris. Bush’s official stance is he is far away from the presidential politics and hence won’t endorse either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. And now Bush’s attorney general Alberto Gonzales in an opinion piece on Politico wrote that he can’t sit quietly as Trump eyes a return to the White House.Calling Trump “perhaps the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation’, Gonzales said she’s a Republican and will support Kamala Harris for president.
Gonzales said he spoke with Trump only once and does not really know him. “It is telling, however, that several senior officials who worked for him in the White House now refuse to support him, including his vice president, chief of staff, defense secretary and national security adviser. Their unwillingness to endorse their former boss is an indictment of his character at a level equal to his many, many criminal indictments,” he wrote.
“We do not yet know exactly how Harris will govern if she is elected. The office of the vice president does not often afford the occupant the opportunity to lead, or to make life and death decisions. Harris does not have the same depth of experience in foreign policy or the relationships with foreign leaders that Biden has. Voters are likely to question whether she has the judgment and strength to forge coalitions with friends and stand against tyranny around the world,” he wrote.
Some may see Kamala Harris as too progressive and worry that she would be too easily manipulated. “There is little mystery or doubt, however, about how Trump will act and govern based on past behavior and comments. He will help those who help him and his family for personal or financial reasons. He will likely pull back from our leadership role among other democracies in the fight against authoritarianism. Based on spending levels during Trump’s first term, his policies will likely increase the national debt,” the piece said.
Gonzales said he spoke with Trump only once and does not really know him. “It is telling, however, that several senior officials who worked for him in the White House now refuse to support him, including his vice president, chief of staff, defense secretary and national security adviser. Their unwillingness to endorse their former boss is an indictment of his character at a level equal to his many, many criminal indictments,” he wrote.
“We do not yet know exactly how Harris will govern if she is elected. The office of the vice president does not often afford the occupant the opportunity to lead, or to make life and death decisions. Harris does not have the same depth of experience in foreign policy or the relationships with foreign leaders that Biden has. Voters are likely to question whether she has the judgment and strength to forge coalitions with friends and stand against tyranny around the world,” he wrote.
Some may see Kamala Harris as too progressive and worry that she would be too easily manipulated. “There is little mystery or doubt, however, about how Trump will act and govern based on past behavior and comments. He will help those who help him and his family for personal or financial reasons. He will likely pull back from our leadership role among other democracies in the fight against authoritarianism. Based on spending levels during Trump’s first term, his policies will likely increase the national debt,” the piece said.