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By ALEX ISENSTADT and JOSH DAWSEY 11/13/2017 08:34 PM EST
Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, the GOPs most prominent megadonor, is publicly breaking with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon over his efforts to oust Republican incumbents in 2018.
The Adelsons will not be supporting Steve Bannons efforts, said Andy Abboud, an Adelson spokesman. They are supporting Mitch McConnell 100 percent. For anyone to infer anything otherwise is wrong.
The public pronouncement comes about a month after Adelson met with Bannon in Washington.
Bannon has been huddling with major Republican contributors across the country in hopes of building a war chest to take on party lawmakers. Bannon aides said they were not surprised by the news, given that Adelson has a long track record of generously backing establishment causes. They said they never expected Adelsons financial support.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/13/adelson-bannon-republicans-midterms-244866
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