Reagan endorses Bush as successor 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1988)


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(Wednesday, May 11, 1988, 9:52 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan endorsed Vice President George H.W. Bush as his successor tonight during a black-tie Republican fund-raiser in Hall A at the District of Columbia Convention Center, saying “I’m going to work as hard as I can” to make Bush the “next President of the United States.”