Ex-POTUS Smackdown: George W. Bush Pops
Up to Campaign for Anti-Trump Candidate
Joe O’Dea
Posted By: zephyrgirl, 10/17/2022 11:10:01 AM
Former President George W. Bush is taking time away from his retirement to campaign for Senate candidate Joe O’Dea of Colorado — who has bucked his party by saying he would not support former President Donald Trump as the next GOP nominee. According to Bridget Bowman of NBC News, the last Republican president to win the popular vote at least once will come back out of retirement to campaign for O’Dea:
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I doubt O'Dea had much of a chance since ex-pat Calfornians have turned CO red, but the endorsements of Buch and McConnell make it likely the conservative base won't vote for him.