Break with Trump cuts off support for Steve Bannon’s 2018 insurgency

Published January 4, 2018 5:08pm ET



Steve Bannon’s midterm insurgency to upend the Republican establishment in Congress appeared dead Thursday after a nasty break with President Trump cost him credibility and institutional support.

Republican donors pulled crucial financial backing and challengers in targeted primaries distanced themselves, as so-called establishment candidates turned the tables on Bannon by reaffirming their alliance with Trump and demanding their opponents excommunicate the president’s former top adviser.

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