Trump says he wants Hatch to seek 8th Senate term
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 12/04/2017 02:21 PM EST Updated 12/04/2017 02:57 PM EST
President Donald Trump said Monday that he is urging Sen. Orrin Hatch to seek reelection for an eighth six-year term.
Trump, visiting a Salt Lake City food bank operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was asked Monday if he was encouraging Hatch (R-Utah) to run for reelection, to which he replied “yes.” Hatch traveled with the president to Utah aboard Air Force One on Monday and is expected to make the return flight to Washington with Trump as well. Hatch also introduced the president at the Utah state capitol, where Trump delivered remarks announcing that he would reduce the size of two national monuments in the state.
"You are a true fighter, Orrin, I have to say. I've gotten to know him very well. I've gotten to know a lot of people very well. You meet fighters and you meet people who were thought they were fighters, but they're not so good at fighting," Trump said at the beginning of his remarks in the state capitol. "He's a fighter. We hope you will continue to serve your state and the country and the senate for a very long time to come."
Asked during his earlier visit to the food pantry about former 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the man many assume would run to replace Hatch if he were to retire, Trump said, "He's a good man, Mitt's a good man."
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