WILL THE SENATE BE IN SESSIONS? — There were several key primaries taking place all around the country last night — including in Alabama, where President Donald Trump’s former Attorney General Jeff Sessions finished well short of a majority in the state’s Senate primary. Now, Sessions will have to face a runoff on March 31 against former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville — but Trump may have just doomed Sessions’ chances for a congressional comeback.
While Trump stayed silent in the primary, he ripped Sessions on Twitter this morning, saying “this is what happens to someone who … doesn’t have the wisdom or courage to stare down & end the phony Russia Witch Hunt.” Trump’s intervention in the deep red state, where the president is immensely popular, could be enough to end Sessions’ comeback bid and political career, writes James Arkin.
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While Trump stayed silent in the primary, he ripped Sessions on Twitter this morning, saying “this is what happens to someone who … doesn’t have the wisdom or courage to stare down & end the phony Russia Witch Hunt” https://t.co/dkTDz8J6ZD
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
Trump waits until *after* Alabama’s GOP Senate primary to lay into Jeff Sessions, who now faces a runoff against Tommy Tuberville.
Sessions is running as a Trump loyalist but POTUS isn’t returning the favor… https://t.co/jTRdFMcNWe
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) March 4, 2020
A grownup wouldn’t say anything about yesterday’s primary or the race for the senate in general. But Trump continues to bash Sessions long after the Mueller investigation (which Trump claims has exonerated him). I guess these tweets entertain his fans, but for the rest of us, they serve no purpose other than to show once again how childish, vindictive and deranged he is.
“Loyally gets appointed”? https://t.co/E3EPfeubwj
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) March 4, 2020
Trump admits to the world that he wanted to shut down the Mueller investigation and faults the former Attorney General for not doing so.
Sessions is paying a political price for refusing to corruptly obstruct a lawful investigation. https://t.co/ISBMYtoXW2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 4, 2020
Trump is now openly cheering on GOP primary voters for punishing Republican officials for the sin of refusing to conspire with him to continue corrupting the rule of law. https://t.co/IGXgsdntYc
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 4, 2020
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