President Trump reassured three GOP Senate incumbents this week that he would back their reelection bids against any insurgent challengers.
Politico reported Thursday that Trump called Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) to tell them he would support them in the 2018 midterm elections and that he hopes they win.
“The president has been very supportive, and Senator Barrasso is grateful that President Trump would take the time to call him directly to express his support,” Barrasso aide Dan Kunsman told Politico.
The president is expected to eventually offer formal endorsements of the incumbents, according to the report.
That Trump is seeking to reassure Republicans facing potentially bitter primary challenges from insurgent candidates comes as his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, prepares to launch an electoral assault on establishment Republicans.
The move also aligns Trump more closely with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.), who has warned that the anti-establishment candidates backed by Bannon, the executive chair of Breitbart News, are unlikely to win in general elections.
According to Politico, Bannon has privately expressed a desire to oust Barrasso, Fischer and Wicker, all of whom have received the support of McConnell.
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Trump called GOP senators to offer support as Bannon prepares to target them: report https://t.co/mJGfHo5r16 pic.twitter.com/vM3JF3IzR1
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