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.
Me too.
The lost opportuniities, the utter distraction, the inability of this country to focus on anything that mattered cost a whole lot more than $40M. In fact, the distraction, the misdirection of the FBI and the CIA, having a bunch of hacks as National Security Advisor, who just kept the usual roster of deepstate hack stafffers, rather than Flynn, is a strongly contributing factor to our delays in dealing with CHICOM virus.
So yes, Sessions was derelict in his duties and like the CO of a ship that runs aground because he was more concerned with PC than a trained bridge crew, there is no forgiveness, nothing except shame and dishonor.
A leopard cannot change his spots.
He was not. He was a former US attorney and a former State AG. He had more experience going in than anyone. He just froze is all. It's like Halsey told Spruance before the latter sailed off to fight at Midway, "When in command, command."
Commmand Sessions didn't.
When I heard him say that investigating Hillary was a non-starter, that statement told me everything I needed to know about him.
The Clintons politicized them. GWB didn't care. They could do whatever they wanted so long as he got to invade Iraq. Obama was just icing on the cake.
True.
My money is on that Sessions was a deep state fail safe.
He could run interference for deep state buddies, and slow down or speed up anything they wanted.
He did a great job causing a lot of unnecessary headaches for PDJT, and stopping an ambitious about face in policy from the commie Odumbo.
FOJS!!! You soiled your reputation and standing, and hurt this Country in ways we cannot measure!!
Not me. I did that with Mc Cain and Romney. If the people nominate bastards like that. They can have him. Besides, if he betrayed President Trump once, he will do it again.
Admittedly I know nothing about Tuberville, but if Alabama sends Sessions back to Congress I think I’ll throw up.
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OK. Throw up and vote for him anyway — to keep the Senate — and save Country.
Is that what the GOPe did in 2016 with Hillary Criminal (and SCOTUS) on the ballot? No. Is that GOP did in the Alabama Senate race in 2017 with a GOP POTUS and his agenda in the balance? No. Senator Shelby barnstormed the state in support of progressive Democrat Doug Jones.
Given that level of disloyalty and obstruction, why should we send Sessions back to the swamp? What message does that send to the old bulls on the Senate? It says: don’t fear the base because they will never hold us accountable for aiding and abetting the ongoing coup against a GOP POTUS.
My money is on that Sessions was a deep state fail safe.
Sessions endorsed Trump early on. Nobody thought he was going to win then. Literally nobody. There was absolutely no reason at that time for some nefarious plot to be launched against Trump by the deep state.
Not me. I did that with Mc Cain and Romney. If the people nominate bastards like that. They can have him. Besides, if he betrayed President Trump once, he will do it again.
Every four years the unwashed GOP base peasants are told by our betters that this is the most important election ever and to GOTV. Up until the Age of Trump I agreed with that opinion.
However, the behavior of the GOPe is 2016 is most instructive. Clearly, they did not think 2016 was the most important election ever. The list of prominent and elected Republicans who supported Hillary Clinton and her SCOTUS is staggering.
Never again should the GOP base blindly vote GOP party ticket. They must earn our votes after betraying the country so badly in 2016. Period.
Don’t know what you mean by a White Jones, because Tubbs and Jones are BOTH white. If the choice is Tubbs over Sessions, then I will chose Tubbs. The president vouched for Tubbs over Sessions. AND JONES HAS GOT TO GO AND THAT IS THE END OF IT!!! So, white, green, black, yellow, brown, red, orange, or pink polka dotted, Jones has got to GO!! Period.
If Trump ever sees Sessions again, he should punch him in the face. It would be just a start to what Sessions deserves for his treachery.
Yes. Burnt once by supporting Roy Moore when POTUS asked for Luther Strange I would not be burned again.
There are only two possibilities:
In his naiveté he let himself be buffaloed by democrats and other Trump haters into thinking honor required him to recuse himself.
He was acting as an agent of the Never-Trump movement, witting or unwitting.
Sessions serves as an outstanding example of why career senators don't often have much success in excutive positions
such as as presidents, cabinet secretaries, directors or managers.
Their success in a legislature is based on group-think, collaboration, give-and-take, consensus building or being part of coalitions.
Being the man in charge requires the ability and backbone to stand alone, make difficult decisions and implement them on your own.
Could you imagine Donald Trump, strong executive that he is, spending his career in the senate?
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Sessions back in the Senate means we'll have another anti-Trump republican on our side of the aisle. The last thing we need is another hater like Romney. So I'm pulling for Tuberville in this.
Instead, Trump did nothing.
He is the Commander in Chief.
Trump - and only Trump - is responsible for what happened next.
He’s a POLITICIAN, I’m sure you can figure it out.
I think Sessions is done. Good man from a prior time where the party of Trump has passed him by. Tuberville is winning and should prevail and, though untested as a US Senator, is a strong Trump supporter.
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