Bush's departure from the GOP was emblematic of the 'aftershocks of the earthquake that was the 2016 election.'
This Feb. 19, 2016, file photo shows former first lady Barbara Bush listening to her son, Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speak during a campaign stop at Wade's Restaurant, in Spartanburg, S.C. The former First Lady is making sure to keep her alma mater up to date on what’s going on in her world. The Boston Globe reports that Bush wrote a dispatch for Smith College’s alumnae magazine this month.
The book,"The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty," hits bookshelves on April 2. In October 2017, Bush said yes when asked if she would still consider herself a Republican. By February 2018, when asked the same question, Bush said, Bush's departure from the GOP was emblematic of the"aftershocks of the earthquake that was the 2016 election," Page went on to say.
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