Posted on 05/25/2020 1:57:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
During his 20 years in the U.S. Senate, Jeff Sessions was a solid conservative who was right on issues such as stopping illegal immigration. He was the first U.S. senator to endorse Donald Trump for president and was rewarded with one of the most coveted appointments in the new administration. Trump appointed Sessions to be U.S. attorney general.
Unfortunately, Sessions was a cowardly leader of the Department of Justice. He permitted Deep State operatives to remain in key positions. He recused himself from the Russia investigation, allowing his deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, to appoint Robert Mueller as Special Counsel.
The resulting investigation cost almost $40 million and lasted 22 months. It was a travesty of justice as the Mueller team, dominated by Democratic Party attorneys and activists, found no Russian collusion, and could not prove the president or his associates obstructed justice in any way. This did not stop them from harassing the president and forcing several of his campaign operatives into guilty pleas on charges that had nothing to do with Russia.
Sessions unleashed this holy hell upon President Trump by recusing himself and allowing the appointment of Mueller. The investigation was a partisan attempt to overturn the 2016 election results, in effect, it was an attempted political coup d’état. In the last administration, then U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder famously proclaimed that he would be Barack Obama’s “wingman.” He protected Barack Obama throughout his tenure. Such loyalty may not be appropriate for a U.S. attorney general, but it is quite a contrast to the betrayal that President Trump received from Jeff Sessions.
The biased witch hunt, known as the Mueller investigation, infuriated President Trump. He has rightly never forgiven Sessions, who is now running for his old position as U.S. senator from Alabama.
In an upcoming July GOP runoff, Sessions is facing former Auburn University Football Coach Tommy Tuberville. The latest poll shows Tuberville with a very comfortable lead over Sessions. The winner will face incumbent U.S. Senator Doug Jones, a Democrat, in the general election.
Jones was elected after Sessions resigned to take the position of U.S. attorney general. He benefited from the GOP infighting over his general election opponent, former Judge Roy Moore, who was accused of inappropriate behavior with a variety of young girls earlier in his career. The firestorm allowed Jones to win in a state that is normally very Republican.
Thus, Sessions not only cost president Trump two years of distraction and harassment, but he also cost the Republican Party a U.S. Senate seat.
In this election, President Trump enthusiastically endorsed Tuberville and has demanded that Sessions stop using his name in the campaign. The president labeled Sessions “delusional” for trying to fool Alabama voters into thinking he has always been a staunch Trump supporter.
If he is re-elected for another term, President Trump will need loyal supporters in Congress, not weaklings like Jeff Sessions. Therefore, he is committed to playing an active role in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama.
On Friday night, The president tweeted, “3 years ago, after Jeff Sessions recused himself, the Fraudulent Mueller Scam began. Alabama, do not trust Jeff Sessions. He let our Country down. That’s why I endorsed Coach Tommy Tuberville.”
This attack from the president was too much for Sessions who fired back on Twitter, “Look, I know your anger, but recusal was required by law. I did my duty & you're damn fortunate I did. It protected the rule of law & resulted in your exoneration. Your personal feelings don't dictate who Alabama picks as their senator, the people of Alabama do.”
Ironically, Sessions showed more boldness in fighting back against President Trump than he ever did as U.S. attorney general. He allowed career bureaucrats force him into a recusal that almost destroyed the Trump presidency.
Responding to Sessions, Tuberville tweeted that Jeff Sessions “is so desperate, he told @realDonaldTrump to thank him for the immoral & unconscionable Russia investigation! The only people who seem to agree are Democrats.”
Tuberville is correct as many legal experts disagree with Jeff Sessions that his “recusal was required by law.” He had only incidental meetings with Russian leaders and was not “compromised” or “conflicted” in any way. He could have surely overseen the Russian investigation to determine it was a fabrication based on the phony political document known as the “Steele dossier.”
Instead of standing up to the Deep State, Sessions folded and cowered. He was a joke of an attorney general, which is why the president said he would have never appointed him if he knew Sessions was going to recuse himself. He also called the appointment of Sessions his worst mistake as president.
On July 14, Republican voters will go to the polls in Alabama to pick their U.S. Senate nominee. They are choosing between a political newcomer with solid conservative credentials and a winning record as a college football coach. Clearly, Tommy Tuberville knows how to win and has done it throughout his career.
Opposing him is a true loser, Jeff Sessions, who was given a historic opportunity to assist the Trump administration and his country as U.S. Attorney General. Instead of standing up to political enemies, he was bullied by them into a recusal that led to the most egregious political witch hunt in American history.
Jeff Sessions had a chance for greatness, but he was too scared to do the right thing. At this point, he does not deserve another term as a U.S. senator as he is not the best candidate for the position. Hopefully, the voters of Alabama will deliver to Jeff Sessions, the political retirement he richly deserves.
Sessions failed President Trump, the Nation and us... He should have assisted with draining the swamp and rooting out traitor.
Admittedly I know nothing about Tuberville, but if Alabama sends Sessions back to Congress I think I’ll throw up.
Thank you for this. Too many Republicans still support this Judas weasel.
Glass is half full: he like a lot of Republican politicians try to play fair and be civil. Unfortunately, Democrats play dirty.
Romney was the Democrats chump... and continues to be a chump.
This is why we conservatives do not like Sessions and Romney.
With all his time in the Swamp he surely knew what was going to happen.
Not an Alabaman so no real dog in this fight, but I do know that we need that seat back. Are we confident that Tuberville can win in November? If so, great. But if not, then I’d rather see Sessions as the candidate. At this point, I think most of us are long past the idea that we need to like or respect the candidate. I can hate Sessions and support him if it means getting the seat back.
Trump won because his base was tired of wimps who would not fight the left. Sessions is losing because he too wimped out. Sad.
One of the 5 greatest political disappointments I have seen in my lifetime. FUJS.
I agree with about 90% of this article except for the part where sessions was bullied into recusal. He was happy to recuse himself. He seemed to jump at the chance.
He didn’t want anything to do with investigating his fellow statists. Just wanted to go after pot shops and illegals.
He’ll be another John McCain and at the right moment just selling the Republican party and stabbed Trump in the back again
No one knows the full inside information of what has happened (and continues to happen) between Trump and Sessions. Therefore, I can’t completely disallow the possibility of there being being some sort of game theory at play between them vs. the deep state. Trump is good at strategic gaming as well as keeping his cards close to his vest. In the meantime, I’m keeping an open mind by not requiring everything work out on my terms and timetable.
Yup, and Coach Tubbs is going to kick his @$$ in the senate run-off election real soon. Tubbs will then kick the socialist Jones @$$ right out of the senate and Alabama will be back to both Senators being from the republican side of the aisle.
It all felt orchestrated to me, the Dems’ hard lean on Sessions, his quick recusal without notifying the President, the quick appointments of Rosenstein and then Mueller as Chief Inquisitor. I don’t think Sessions folded, he was in on the heist. He was the Inside Man.
Exactly, Sessions makes Judas look like Paul.
We may never know what they had that obliged him to stand down. Something, though.
Because if he originally made the decision in good faith, once he knew they were playing dirty he could have rescinded it, and resumed control. But he didn’t. We have to assume its because he couldn’t, which means there is something they have that tied his hands, that he didn’t want his grandkids to know, that he didn’t want as part of his epitaph.
That’s whats so remarkable about Trump. No matter what they dig up about him, no matter what they throw at him, he just shakes it off. Other Repubs, like Sessions, would be in a fetal position sucking their thumbs. Trump just keeps fighting.
Damn glad you are not in Alabama!
Jeffery Bullshite Sessions is a loser and a piss poor excuse for a man!
Does Alabama have open primary voting?
If so, then there will be a big push by Democrats to vote for Sessions (just like we saw in Missouri with Akin).
I read more than a few times by Freepers that Tubbs is a pro amnesty, China labor express statist including quotes. He’s like a white JOnes but just has an R on the chest.
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