President Trump is doing everything he can to prevent Mitt Romney from running for U.S. Senate in Utah, even if it means keeping 83-year-old Orrin Hatch from enjoying retirement.
Hatch, who with seven terms under his belt is the longest-serving Republican senator in history, previously speculated publicly and told Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee, that he should think about running for his seat, Romney friends told Politico. Romney started talking to Utah Republicans and preparing to run, but Hatch is now refusing to say if he'll retire, and several people tell Politico that's because Trump doesn't like the idea of Romney replacing him.
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