Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Monday said that he plans to run for another term and has President Donald Trump’s support in doing so, though Hatch previously said that he would consider retiring if Mitt Romney ran for his seat.
“He is all over me to run again,” Hatch said, referring to Trump in an interview with local CBS affiliate KUTV. “My leadership in the Republican Senate are all over me to run again. The House leadership, some of those want me to run again.”
Earlier in April, Hatch said that he would consider retiring if Romney ran for his Senate seat. On Monday, however, Hatch said that he “fully” intends to run for reelection.
“I fully intend to run again, but I’m going to take time and think it over and make up my mind on that, but right now, yes, I’m going to run again,” he said.
Hatch said that he had a “chat with” Romney on the subject “just to kind of feel out the situation, to see if it was possible to have somebody of his dimension if I decide I can’t run, to get him to do it.”
Such a professional Liar is Air-head Hatch.
Bull-hockey. You want to stay because you are 3rd in the line of succession and you see an opportunity for this all to come crashing down with the outcome being your greatest, only, hope of ever being President.
Why he’ll be a fresh 84 in '18…This death grip on power is revolting and a sad commentary.
My Dianne is also 83 (and so is Grassley), but I’m not crazy about her almost surely running again in 2018 and she’s far more accomplished than either of those two. I’m also looking forward to a possible Schiff challenge, which so far is only a wish on my part. It’s sad to think they’ve lost their personal and family lives after being in government for so long and have nothing to go home to.
So Trump is enlisting Hatch to further humiliate Romney or what…?