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| US election: Jeb Bush refuses to back Donald Trump | US election: Jeb Bush refuses to back Donald Trump |
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| Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has said he will not vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump in November's presidential election. | Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has said he will not vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump in November's presidential election. |
| Mr Bush joins several high-profile Republicans who have refused to support the New York businessman's campaign. | Mr Bush joins several high-profile Republicans who have refused to support the New York businessman's campaign. |
| House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he "was not ready" to support Mr Trump, but will meet him next week. | House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he "was not ready" to support Mr Trump, but will meet him next week. |
| Breaking with tradition, Mr Bush's father and brother - both former presidents - also withheld support. | |
| Some Republicans have said they would back Democrat Hillary Clinton but Mr Bush ruled that out. | Some Republicans have said they would back Democrat Hillary Clinton but Mr Bush ruled that out. |
| Trump v Republican elite - the split explained | |
| "Donald Trump has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character," Mr Bush said. "And, he is not a consistent conservative. These are all reasons why I cannot support his candidacy." | |
| Top Republicans divided over Trump | Top Republicans divided over Trump |
| Supporting: | Supporting: |
| Not supporting: | Not supporting: |
| Yet to comment: | Yet to comment: |
| Mr Bush had previously pledged to support the eventually Republican nominee while he was still a candidate for president. | |
| Republican Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina also announced on Friday that he would not vote for Mr Trump. | |
| "I think Donald Trump is going to places where very few people have gone and I'm not going with him," Mr Graham told CNN. | |
| The Bush campaign swiftly responded to Senator Graham who also was a Republican candidate for president. | |
| "While I will unify the party, Lindsey Graham has shown himself to be beyond rehabilitation. And like the voters who rejected him, so will I," Mr Trump said. | |
| Many Republican candidates for lower offices are concerned about running on the same ballot as Donald Trump, who has alienated minority voters through his rhetoric about building a wall with Mexico and banning US entry to Muslim travellers. | |
| Many Americans choose to vote for either the Democrat or Republican Party, rather than weighing the individual candidates. | |
| Republican representatives fear that voters who oppose Trump may eschew the Republican Party all together. | |
| Some Republicans, including a former top adviser and speechwriter to Senator McCain, have begun to openly call for the party to oppose the presumptive nominee and to work to independently elect a conservative candidate, such as Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, who has indicated that he will not be supporting Mr Trump. |