Trump washes his hands of insurgency against GOP incumbents

THURMONT, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s done campaigning for insurgents challenging incumbent Republican members of Congress.

Trump told reporters after meeting GOP House and Senate leaders at Camp David on Saturday that he’s planning a robust schedule of campaigning for the 2018 midterm elections and that includes involvement in the Republican primaries. He’ll campaign for incumbents, he says, and “anybody else that has my kind of thinking.”

But after a stinging loss in Alabama, Trump says he’s done supporting challengers. He declared, “I don’t see that happening.” Trump had supported Roy Moore after he won the GOP primary.

Moore’s defeat in the subsequent special election handed Democrats another seat in the Senate.