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The Associated Press reports:
Former Sen. Bob Dole was helped out of his wheelchair Tuesday to salute former President George H.W. Bush as he laid in state at the Capitol Rotunda.
Dole, 95, once faced Bush during the 1988 Republican primary fight for the presidential nomination but nonetheless maintained a decades-old friendship with the former president.
On Saturday, he reflected on their relationship, telling CNN’s Ana Cabrera that his passing was an end of an era, as Bush was the last World War II veteran to serve as president.
Dole withdrew from the 1988 GOP nomination race after losing almost every state in that year’s Super Tuesday primary. Dole did win the GOP nomination in 1996, ultimately losing to Bill Clinton.
WATCH: Former Sen. Bob Dole is helped out of his wheelchair to salute the casket of George H.W. Bush in the U.S. Capitol. pic.twitter.com/BeIz3USrHr
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 4, 2018
Former Sen. Bob Dole stands up and salutes the casket of former President George H.W. Bush as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol.
?: Drew Angerer/Getty Images pic.twitter.com/BcpHIvKO5k
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 4, 2018
Bob Dole donning snowman socks today, ostensibly in honor of GHWB. pic.twitter.com/QrYBHfczUf
— Zach C. Cohen (@Zachary_Cohen) December 4, 2018
In a very emotional scene, former Senator Bob Dole was helped out of his wheelchair and saluted the casket of President Bush in the Capitol Rotunda moments ago.
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) December 4, 2018
By all rights, 21-year-old Bob Dole should have been dead after being shot by Germans in WW2, and 20-year-old George Bush after being shot out of the sky by the Japanese.
Today, the 95-year-old Senator Dole salutes and says goodbye to the 94-year-old President Bush. https://t.co/74b8m86u3A
— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) December 4, 2018
George H. W. Bush’s service dog, Sully, says goodbye pic.twitter.com/CVA2gR5mca
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 4, 2018