Liz Cheney's reelection bid pits Trump against Bush

Former President George W. Bush’s first campaign event of the 2022 midterms will be a fundraiser to support Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who is among former President Donald Trump’s top targets to unseat. The fundraiser will be held next month in Dallas, according to a copy of an invitation viewed by The Wall Street Journal…

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Mr. Bush’s fundraiser for Ms. Cheney would come five weeks after he urged the nation to confront the threat of domestic terrorism during his speech commemorating the 20-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks…

Mr. Bush’s fundraiser is scheduled for Oct. 18. Co-hosts for the event include Karl Rove, a longtime political adviser for Mr. Bush who also consulted with Mr. Trump during his 2020 re-election campaign, and former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), who served as U.S. ambassador to NATO under Mr. Trump.

Other co-hosts include former Hunt Oil Co. Chief Executive Ray Hunt, former Bush White House counsel Harriet Miers and former Bush White House counselor Karen Hughes.

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