George H.W. Bush Really Didn’t Want To Be In This Dem Ad (VIDEO)

George H.W. Bush doesn't want to be in Michelle Nunn's campaign ad.
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Former President George H.W. Bush released a statement Monday expressing displeasure about his cameo in one of Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn’s campaign ads.

In the ad, Nunn responded to her Republican opponent David Perdue’s criticism of a photo of her posing with President Barack Obama by bringing up her previous work with Bush.

“It was taken at an event honoring President Bush, who I worked for as CEO of his Points of Light Foundation,” Nunn said of the photo with Obama.

Nunn emphasized her work with Bush in an effort to highlight her bipartisanship, but that wasn’t received so well by the former President. A spokesman for Bush released this statement to the Washington Post:

Michelle and her team have been clearly, repeatedly and consistently told that President Bush did not want them to use his photo as part of this campaign. Apparently, the Nunn team feels they can repeatedly disregard the former President’s wishes, which is very disappointing because it’s so disrespectful.

Watch the ad below:

This post has been updated.

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