More than 200 Former Bush Administration Officials Endorse Joe Biden for President
Today, more than 200 alumni of former President George W. Bush came out in support of Joe Biden for President of the United States. In announcing their support, they cited how Biden has “proven himself over years of public service” and that they’ve seen him “respectfully reach across the aisle, consider a different point of view and make a thoughtful decision to benefit the nation.”
Former Bush Alumni released the following statement:
Why Joe?
Americans are decent, hard-working people. We want our kids to attend good schools and our parents to live long independent lives. We want to be free to pursue our own version of safety and success. But if you look around at 2020, none of those goals are anywhere to be found. We are unable to earn a living due to massive unemployment. Schools cannot open safely in most communities, and our parents are dying from an uncontrolled virus. Where are our leaders? Who is taking responsibility for our current situation? Who do we trust to prioritize safety and bring the coronavirus under control? Who has helped lead this nation out of an economic disaster in the past and brought prosperity to the people of this great nation? Who is willing to step into this void and make tough choices? We are a group who served in George W. Bush’s administration. We have seen the importance of leadership up close and we know Joe Biden is the choice we need to make in November.
Character matters in our leaders. Joe Biden has proven himself over years of public service. We have seen him respectfully reach across the aisle, consider a different point of view and make a thoughtful decision to benefit the nation. Joe Biden is courageous and will tell the American people what we are facing, but will also have a plan to guide us through this difficult time. He is someone who has endured tragedy and can empathize with the pain of losing a loved one too soon. Joe has also experienced parental job loss and has lived with its consequences. Joe has faced adversity and come through it with his dignity intact. He will help us do the same during these trying times.
Over the past four years we, as a nation, have struggled with truth. Conspiracy theories have been legitimized and facts have been dismissed. The expertise of world-renowned scientists and physicians have been sidelined while the opinions of pundits have been embraced. Meanwhile, more than 170,000 Americans are dead due to this mismanaged crisis. As a nation, we have lost our moral compass. Children should never be separated from their parents and caged for seeking asylum in the US. It is cruel and inhumane. We need to get back to basics: facts matter, there is right and wrong. We can do that with Joe Biden in the Oval Office. He will listen to and work with experts to craft and execute plans to solve problems and ease suffering. Joe will act with integrity, he knows no other way to lead. We can trust him.
The onslaught of insults and vulgarity we have witnessed in recent years must stop. Our children are watching us. If we explain away misogyny and racism as political tactics we are complicit in normalizing completely inappropriate behavior. This is not who we are as a nation. Americans want a successful country, but how is that possible if what we see modeled from the White House is disrespect and outright hate? Joe’s kindness is sorely needed right now. He famously treats the train operator with the same dignity as his fellow senators. As former public servants, we believe that decency in government must not be allowed to die on the vine. We must take a stand and insist that it returns to the Office of the President.
Ultimately, we are looking for a president to lead. We need someone who will quickly course correct and show us the path forward. We need Joe Biden to restore character, integrity and decency to the White House. These principles are the cornerstone needed to rebuild a dignified, secure, resilient country. In order to emerge strong and ready to tackle the challenges before us, we must act. We must step up, get out of our comfort zone, and vote for Joe Biden. It is time for us to have initiative in our communities and networks to stand up for character, integrity, decency, and leadership. We the people need to step up and vote our conscience so Joe Biden can capably lead this country into the future.
Signed,
Penrose “Parney” Albright
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science & Technology
Brooke Alexander
Commerce, White House, Bush-Cheney 2000
Peter Allgeier
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
David Almacy
Education, White House
Emily Soeder Apte
Education, White House
Fred Armendariz
Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator
Mandy Asberry
Bush-Cheney 2004
Michael C. Barnes
White House (ONDCP)
Beverly Barrett
State, White House
Christopher Barton
White House (NSC)
Sarah Wagner Becker
Bush-Cheney 2004, White House
Jenny Willis Beech
Commerce, White House, Bush-Cheney 2000
Brandon Beshears
Agriculture
Danner Bethel
Education, Commerce, Bush-Cheney 2000
Tomas Bilbao
Housing and Urban Development
Jonathan F. Block
White House, Justice
Jeffrey Bobeck
Energy, Bush-Cheney 2000
David Brailer
Health and Human Services
Janelle Carter Brevard
Commerce, State
Greg Brower
General Counsel & Inspector General (Justice)
Michael Brown
Bush-Cheney 2000, EPA
Paul Brubaker
Transportation Chief Technology Adviser
Michael Burns
Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
Orlando J. Cabrera
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing (Housing and Urban Development)
Brian Cairns
White House, Homeland Security
Sally Canfield
Bush-Cheney 2000, White House, HHS, Homeland Security
Amb. Brian E. Carlson
Ambassador to Latvia
Jamie Carroll
White House, Bush-Cheney 2004
William Cervin
Defense, White House, Bush-Cheney 2004, RNC
Nicole Larouere Chmura
Housing and Urban Development
Cindy Christian
White House (OMB), Homeland Security
Raul Cisneros
Small Business Administration
David Clark
Deputy Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel
Sonia Colin-Reed
Bush-Cheney 2000 Hispanic Spokeswoman
Jill Collins
Bush-Cheney 2000, Bush-Cheney 2004, RNC
Christi Cowden
Bush-Cheney 2000, Energy
Lyndsay Cruz
Education, Treasury
Craig Daniel
Bush-Cheney 2004, Homeland Security, Treasury
Catherine Davis
Commerce, Education
Suzanne DeFrancis
Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications; Assistant Secretary of HHS
Cindy Dyer
Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (Justice)
Kimmie Ellison
White House, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, RNC
Clark K. Ervin
Inspector General (DHS); Inspector General (State)
Scott Evertz
Director of White House Office of National AIDS Policy; HHS
John Farner
Bush-Cheney 2000, Commerce
Chip Felkel
Bush-Cheney 2000
Rudy Fernandez
Special Assistant to the President, Transportation. Bush-Cheney 2004
Mindy Finn
Bush-Cheney 2004, RNC
Stephen Fong
Transportation
Kim Fuller
Bush-Cheney 2000, Bush-Cheney 2004
Sara Frankfurt Gail
White House
Jonathan Ganter
White House, Justice
Kelly Ganzberger
White House, RNC
John S. Gardner
Deputy Assistant to the President
David Garman
Under Secretary of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Spencer E. Geissinger
Deputy Assistant to the President for Operations; Assistant Chief of Protocol (State)
Tony Gius
White House, Bush-Cheney 2004, RNC
Amb. James K. Glassman
Under Secretary of State; Founding Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute
Jarryd Gonzales
Bush-Cheney 2004, State GOP Party
Robert J. Goodwin
Defense, State, White House, USAID
Felice Gorordo
Homeland Security (Citizenship & Immigration Services), Commerce, State (Cuba Task Force)
Abel Guerra
Bush-Cheney 2000, White House
Jimmy Gurulé
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Sec. Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary of Commerce
Serenety Hanley
RNC, EPA, White House
Jamie Brown Hantman
Special Assistant to the President; Justice
Maureen Harrington
Millennium Challenge Corporation Vice President (State)
Morgan Harris
White House, Commerce, RNC
Genevieve Woodard Hartley
Bush-Cheney 2000, Treasury, Homeland Security
Jackie Hawkins
White House
Kevin Herglotz
Agriculture
David H. Hill
White House, Bush-Cheney 2004, Commerce, Treasury
Faye Hilpert
Housing and Urban Development, Education
Octavio Hinojosa Mier
State
Caroline Katzin Hooper
US Embassy Beijing
Reynold Hoover
Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
John Howard
White House; EPA; National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology Chair
John “Wes” Irvin
Transportation
Julius Jackson
Transportation
Catherine Jaynes
Education
Greg Jenkins
Deputy Assistant to the President for Operations; Commerce Director of Communications
Tony Jimenez
Commerce, White House, Bush-Cheney 2004
Coddy Johnson
White House, Bush-Cheney 2000, Bush-Cheney 2004
Nicol A. Jones
Homeland Security, Agriculture
Warren Junium III
White House
Andy Karsner
Assistant Secretary of Energy
Kim Kendrick
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (Housing and Urban Development)
Kelly Kenneally
White House
Joe Kennedy
Commerce Chief Economist
Karen Kirksey
Bush-Cheney 2000, Labor, Agriculture, GSA
Stephanie Komen
Health & Human Services
Michael Koroluk
Homeland Security, Labor, Bush-Cheney 2000, Bush-Cheney 2004
Lindsey Kozberg
Special Assistant to the President, Director of Public Affairs at Education
Katie Simonds Krug
White House
Jan Langbein
Justice (Office on Violence Against Women)
David Langdon
White House, Bush-Cheney 2000, Bush-Cheney 2004, RNC
James C. Langdon III
White House, Bush-Cheney 2000, Bush-Cheney 2004
Gwen Mannweiler Langley
Education
Amb. Frank Lavin
Ambassador to Singapore, Under Secretary of Commerce
Dallas Lawrence
Education, Defense
Stephanie Smith Lee
Education
Andy Lei
Agriculture, RNC, Bush-Cheney 2004, White House
Emily Huie Leitch
White House
Stephanie Linder
White House, State
Benjamin Lindsay
White House
Kimmie Lipscomb
White House, Interior
Kimani S. Little
Justice (Civil Rights Division)
Sarah Lockart
White House, Treasury, Labor
Windsor Mann
Bush-Cheney 2004
Alvaro Marin
Commissioner for President's Committee on Mental Retardation
Rosario Marin
Treasurer of the United States
Nikki McArthur
White House, HHS
Kevin McCrea
Labor, Small Business Administration
Robert McCreary
Labor, White House
Allegra McCullough
Small Business Administration
Catherine McEaddy Holmes
White House
Patrick Mendoza
Bush-Cheney 2000/2004, EPA
Meredith Merritt
White House, Homeland Security
Scott Milburn
White House (OMB)
Jen Millikin
Bush-Cheney 2004, GSA
Richard Mills
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Commerce, State
Daniel Mintz
Transportation
Katy Ballenger Mitarai
State, Bush-Cheney 2004, SBA
Jacob M. Monty
Board of Directors of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, North American Development Bank
Marisel Morales
Housing and Urban Development
Michael Napolitano
State, Commerce, Bush-Cheney 2004, White House, Bush-Cheney 2000
Amb. John Negroponte
Director of National Intelligence, Deputy Secretary of State, Amb. to Iraq, Amb. to the UN
Brooks Nelson
White House (USA Freedom Corps)
Elizabeth Neumann
White House, Education, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Trump Administration)
Vinh Nguyen
Advance, Bush-Cheney 2004
Grant Nichols
White House, Justice
Manuel Ochoa
Housing and Urban Development
Cheryl Oldham
White House; Assistant Secretary of Education
Chris Orlando
EPA Communications Director
John E. Osborn
Commissioner, US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
Charlie Ozburn
Small Business Administration
Richard Painter
Associate Counsel to the President (Ethics)
Jane Pak
Small Business Administration, Labor
Kimberley Palmese
Education, Homeland Security, Labor, White House, Bush-Cheney 2000/2004
Amy Paridy
Transportation
Robert H. Pasternack
Assistant Secretary of Education
T. Paresh Patel
Bush-Cheney 2000/2004, RNC
Parker M. Payne
Energy, Treasury, Bush-Cheney 2004, RNC
Christina Pearson
Assistant Secretary of HHS
Mark Phillippe
HHS, Marine Corps combat veteran
William Pierce
Deputy Assistant Secretary of HHS
Tyler S. Posey
Peace Corps
Katherine M. Prendergast
White House, Homeland Security
Melissa Price
State, White House, NASA
Tiffany Breaux Pritchett
White House, Commerce
Kristopher Purcell
White House, State, Bush-Cheney 2000/2004
Karen Quarles
Education, Bush-Cheney 2000, OPM
Anne Rader
National Council on Disability
Shelley Reese
White House, Homeland Security
Dawn Riley
Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Christina Roberts
White House, Bush-Cheney 2000, Bush-Cheney 2004
Thomas Roberts
Agriculture, Bush-Cheney 2004
Josephine Robinson
White House
Tessa Robinson
Homeland Security (FEMA), GSA
Webber Barton Roscher
Education, Housing and Urban Development, White House
Rob Saliterman
White House, Treasury, RNC, Bush-Cheney 2004
Mario Sanchez
Bush-Cheney 2004
Bradley Saull
Homeland Security, Justice, White House
Yale Scott
White House, Education, State
Gayle Shelton
General Services Administration
Kelley Keeler Short
Bush-Cheney 2000, White House, Housing and Urban Development
Jill Sigal
Assistant Secretary of Energy
Douglas J. Singleton
State, Bush-Cheney 2004
Holly Smithson
State, EPA, Bush-Cheney 2004
Jennifer Smits-Kilgus
Housing and Urban Development, State, SBA
Adela M. Soriano
Small Business Administration
Daniel Alvarez Sox
White House
Sara Steele Hummel
White House, Defense, Housing and Urban Development
Melisa Stivaletti
Commerce
Beth Supple
Commerce, US Int'l Trade Commission
Sarah Simmons Swanson
White House
Dallas “Rob” Sweezy
Chairman of President's Advisory Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (HHS)
Miles Taylor
Defense; White House; Homeland Security Chief of Staff (Trump Administration)
Matthew Teague
Small Business Administration, White House
Christina Estrada Teczar
Defense, Interior, Bush-Cheney 2004
Ansley Tillman Allison
Bush-Cheney 2000, White House, Education
Michael Turk
Energy, White House (OMB), Bush-Cheney 2004, RNC
James Ursomarso
Bush-Cheney 2000
Sec. Ann Veneman
Secretary of Agriculture
Baoky Vu
Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders
Kevin Walter
White House (OPM)
Lars Walton
White House, Bush-Cheney 2000
James Waters
White House, Bush-Cheney 2004, Navy SEAL combat veteran
Shelby Watts Valdez
Commerce, RNC, State
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman
EPA Administrator
Jim Wilkinson
Deputy National Security Adviser, State Dept. Senior Adviser, Treasury Chief of Staff
Karen Willard
RNC, Transportation
Meghann Wilson
Homeland Security, Defense, Treasury, Bush-Cheney 2004
Neil Zimmerman
Bush-Cheney 2000, White House, State
