As for the Bush twins, they both ended up living in New York City, just blocks away from each other. "My nieces pop over any time to see Auntie Barbara," Barbara wrote in Sisters First. "We are still intertwined in each other's lives."
With Henry out of town, Jenna and Barbara watched the election returns together at Jenna's house and ended up falling asleep in the master bedroom as the count went on into the wee hours in New York. (Similar to how they watched their dad's returns in 2000, sprawled on a hotel bed, as Florida ping-ponged back and forth.)
Without commenting on how she felt in that moment (and as an NBC News employee, not revealing who she voted for, unlike her sister), Jenna told The New York Times almost a year later, in October 2017, "This moment, as a mother, feels a little frightening, because I'm nervous to have the TV on to hear some of the rhetoric that is coming from the highest position. The way I speak about elections and the way I speak about everything has changed, because I'm now a role model to two little humans who I want to teach about love and empathy and compassion."
The Times' Frank Bruni also asked both sisters if they were pro-choice. Jenna said she couldn't say, again citing the nature of her work, but Barbara replied, "I am very for women having everything they need to live healthy, dignified lives."
Asked if that was a yes, she added, "I think women should be able to make the right decision that would allow them to live—truly allow them to live."
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