Steve Bannon mulls Orrin Hatch endorsement to block Mitt Romney

By David M. Drucker

Published December 3, 2017 7:49pm ET

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Steve Bannon mulls Orrin Hatch endorsement to block Mitt Romney — Hatch advisors recently reached out to Bannon and spoke with the Breitbart News executive chairman about 2018, signaling the senator could be having second thoughts about retiring. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) | Alex Brandon

Steve Bannon is mulling an endorsement of Sen. Orrin Hatch in his bid to keep Mitt Romney out of the Senate, a source close to President Trump’s former chief strategist confirmed on Sunday.

Bannon is targeting Republican incumbents in 2018 primaries to undermine support for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Hatch, a McConnell loyalist and a fixture of Washington and the Republican establishment for more than 40 years, is not Bannon’s ideal choice.

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