Mike Huckabee told Republicans who may not support President Trump’s reelection to “get over it” and stand with the party.
The former Arkansas governor joined Fox & Friends over the weekend and was asked about a New York Times story claiming former President George W. Bush will not support Trump come November. The report also alleged that Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah won’t back Trump and that Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain, will likely vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Huckabee said he was apprehensive about believing the report but lambasted any Republican who would choose Biden over Trump.
“If you have people who were nominated and, in the case of President Bush, actually elected to be president by Republicans, and they will no longer support the Republican nominee who went through the process and got elected, then I’m going to be not just unhappy, I’m going to be livid,” he said. “We didn’t all agree on some of the policies of Bush or McCain or Romney, but when it came down to it, we had a choice. We could choose a far-left liberal, or we could choose somebody that was closer to our views.”
He also pointed to Trump’s record on abortion and how he is pro-business and pro-Israel.
“This president is more pro-life than we’ve ever had, period. He’s more pro-Israel. He has deregulated so much government so that the businesses of America can thrive, and they have until this COVID stuff happened,” Huckabee said. “This is a president who has stood up to the globalists, stood up to the unfair trade practices, brought back American jobs, has done more for minorities than any president in my lifetime in actually helping people to have good, decent jobs and a future.”
He then addressed people who say they won’t vote for Trump because of his personality.
“Well, get over it,” he said. “This is not about electing a personality. This isn’t Hollywood. This is the rough, tumble world of politics.”
A Bush spokesman, Freddy Ford, hit back at the New York Times report this week, calling it “completely made up.”
“He is retired from presidential politics and has not indicated how he will vote,” he said.
