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October 24, 2016 11:54 AM UTC

Bush Cousin Stapleton Doesn't Disavow Trump

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  • by: Jason Salzman

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Walker Stapleton
Walker Stapleton

In an appearance on KNUS 710-AM’s Kelley and Kafer Oct. 11, Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton chose not to disavow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump–as Stapleton’s second cousin, failed presidential canidate Jeb Bush, has done.

Asked by host Steve Kelley for a “quick comment” about the “top of the ticket,” Stapleton stopped short of denouncing the mogul:

Stapleton: “Well, you know, I think it’s a messy situation. It’s an unfortunate situation. I think it’s a lost opportunity to expose the many, many flaws that Hillary Clinton has.  I think she’s a very duplicitous individual. And I just wish we could find a way to pull it together. And in the last month of the campaign, we should be uniting Republicans, not dividing Republicans. So, I’m pretty frustrated, as you might imagine, with the ‘macro’ — I guess — state of affairs on the national level, which is why I am really redoubling my efforts to focus here in Colorado on what’s at stake on the ballot this election cycle.”

The radio appearance marks the second time Stapleton, who’s mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate in 2018, has passed on a chance denounce Trump. Last week, the Colorado Independent’s Marianne Goodland posted a story about the reaction of Colorado Republicans to Trump, and Stapleton did not return the Independent’s request to comment.

Other Replicans rumored to be considering future runs for statewide office,  Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and District Attorney George Brauchler, did not returns calls and/or emails from The Independent.

With Trump unlikely to disappear from the national Republican stage after the upcoming election, the current stance of future Republican candidates toward Trump could prove important next year and beyond.

Stapleton is the second cousin of former President George W. Bush and of failed presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who sparred with Trump repeatedly during the Republican presidential primary. Jeb’s and W’s father, and Stapleton’s first cousin, is former President George Herbert Walker Bush, with “Walker” as the linneage connecting Walker Stapleton to the Bushes.

Jeb Bush has stated that he will not vote for Trump, and neither will his mother Barbara Bush.

Jeb Bush, whom Stapleton supported of course, wrote on Facebook:

Jeb Bush: The American Presidency is an office that goes beyond just politics. It requires of its occupant great fortitude and humility and the temperament and strong character to deal with the unexpected challenges that will inevitably impact our nation in the next four years.

Donald Trump has not demonstrated that 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.

The reaction of Colorado Republicans to Trump has spanned the full spectrum, from enthusiastic support to denunciation.

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7 thoughts on “Bush Cousin Stapleton Doesn’t Disavow Trump

  1. Perhaps Cousin Billy has an Access Hollywood recording of Cousin Walker in Tinsel Town yucking it up that will come out in May or June 2018 just as the GOP primary campaign is heating up…..

  2. As my wife astutely observed way back on election night 2010, if you ever needed to cast a crime drama that ends with a doughy, middle aged white boy being dragged off by police shrieking, "But mommy! They put brown mustard on my sammy and told them not to! You know how I loathe brown mustard!!", the guy you'd cast in the role of doughy, middle aged white boy is Walker Stapleton (or, as he's known in our house, Rutherford P. Higginbotham, III).

  3. "With Trump unlikely to disappear from the national Republican stage after the upcoming election"

    I say this is wrong!
    The Donald® will become an unperson on November 10th.
    No one will return his phone calls. The press will ignore him.

  4. If she lied as much as they think or hope she has, then they'd be able to prove it. Kinda like how we can actually prove tons of Trump lies. But then they can also retreat to their Alt-ernate universe where facts don't matter, belief is prime, and logic is non-existent. 

    We need to burn down that universe for them, since they are not political Einsteins.

  5. The racism and con artistry runs deep in that clan. Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, Walker's great grandfather, was an active Klansman all of his 5 terms as Denver mayor – and proud of it, although he had to keep it on the down low for a term or two.

    Walker’s cousin Neil Bush gave us Silverado, a little $1 billion preview of the 2009 bank meltdown.

    And somehow cousin Dubya just wasn't that concerned about Osama Bin Laden, even though he was pretty darn sure Saddam Hussein had nukes a bakin'.  Even though he couldn't find them, and joked about it, after 700,000 were dead and trillions spent.

    Of course Walker Stapleton likes Trump.

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