US Election 2020: Bush, McCain and Romney aides back BIDEN

Scores of Republicans who worked for the party's last pre-Trump presidential nominees - Mitt Romney, John McCain and George W. Bush - are backing Democrat Joe Biden. 100 ex-staffers of the late Republican Sen. John McCain endorsed Democrat Joe Biden in the run-up to President Donald Trump accepting his party's renomination Thursday night The 30-plus alumni of now Sen. Mitt Romney said they feared that re-electing President Donald Trump would 'permanently transform the Republican Party into a toxic personality cult' More than 200 of President George W. Bush's former staffers signed onto a letter advising Americans to vote for Joe Biden, arguing that President Donald Trump's White House pushes 'disrespect and outright hate' The 30-plus Romney alumni were joined by more than 100 ex-staffers of McCain and more than 200 former Bush aides all to back Biden. In The Washington Post Thursday, Salter wrote how McCain's 'Country First' mantra guided the late senator's ex-aides to endorse Biden, who they believe will act in a bipartisan way to solve big problems. Earlier this week, a spokesman for Bush said the ex-president wouldn't be endorsing in this year's presidential election and, so far, Romney hasn't crossed the aisle to back Biden, despite being in Trump's doghouse for months over his pro-impeachment vote.