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Breaking: Trump Offers Attorney General Job To Senator Jeff Sessions!
WSFA ^ | 11-18-2016 | CWW

Posted on 11/18/2016 4:23:01 AM PST by CWW

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To: Guenevere

DRAIN THE SWAMP, Attorney General Sessions!!


101 posted on 11/18/2016 5:07:58 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: newfreep
On most idealogical points, Cruz is a good conservative. Agree he has personal foibles though. Always told my spouse, even while still supporting Cruz, that he would never be able to beat Hillary.

Long ago the Dems launched a "creepy" meme about Cruz -- I'd already seen this meme working with certain young conservatives I know. He wouldn't have had the force of personality to overcome this kind of attack.

Beyond that, I don't think Cruz has the kind of managerial experience needed to take on the job of AG at this point. Cleaning out the Augean stables at DOJ is going to be a Herculean task. Many vicious Holder/Lynch moles are embedded in the DOJ, and it may not be possible to root them out, at least not immediately. But for that matter, not sure Sessions has the moxie to get this done either, much as I like him.

102 posted on 11/18/2016 5:08:27 AM PST by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Would a smeleton be a partially decomposed skeleton?


103 posted on 11/18/2016 5:08:53 AM PST by cyclotic (Democrats haven't been this mad since we freed their slaves)
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To: Emergencyawesome

We should offset this by putting out there that the Dems are going to claim everyone Trump selects to be:
Racist
Sexist
Misogynist
Homophobic
Islamaphobic

etc. We might as well beat the press to their own game.


104 posted on 11/18/2016 5:10:48 AM PST by austinaero
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To: austinaero
-- Trump has tweeted to NOT believe any news unless it comes directly from him. --

That was said during the primaries, and in response to some particularly weird reports. The press, CNN especially, used that when his campaign put out an official statement that Trump believed Obama was born in Hawaii.

Just saying, there will be credible reports that don't come directly from Trump's mouth.

That said, a Team Trump spokesperson said exactly what you did, on the "offer to Sessions" report. There has been no official statement from ANYBODY on Team Trump, on this this subject. I think it is a leak from the Cruz camp.

105 posted on 11/18/2016 5:12:30 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Alas Babylon!

Luckily the break between R & D in Alabama is 65% to 35% so its’s not a real issue.

Alabama

If there is a vacancy in the Alabama Legislature, a special election must be conducted in order to fill the vacant seat. The governor must call for a special election if the vacancy happens before the next scheduled general election and the Legislature is in session.[2][3] The governor has all discretion in setting the date of the election along with the nominating deadlines.[3]

https://ballotpedia.org/How_vacancies_are_filled_in_state_legislatures


106 posted on 11/18/2016 5:12:58 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: mewzilla

Good.


107 posted on 11/18/2016 5:14:08 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

That is such a strange thought. Cruz is willing to forgo principles for personal gain and you want him in the Supreme Court where he is untouchable? I wouldn’t trust him to walk my dog.


108 posted on 11/18/2016 5:17:32 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: grania; Bushbacker1
I'm befuddled why Mittens is meeting with President Elect Trump

It wouldn't surprise me if President-Elect Trump (I *do* enjoy saying that...) made Mittens the Dogcatcher in some out of the way place. Give him a job, shut him up, and get him out of the public eye.

Because Romney can always come back in 2020.... The GOPe would love to give Trump a serious primary challenge, I'm sure.

109 posted on 11/18/2016 5:18:06 AM PST by wbill
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To: CWW

A fine choice.

Folks should stop believing the rumors and scuttlebutt and just wait to hear from Team Trump,


110 posted on 11/18/2016 5:18:31 AM PST by Ted Grant
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To: Soul of the South

McConnell doesn’t know what it’s like to have his feet held to the fire yet. Trump is on this and Sessions knows where the leverage is kept.
The Senate better man up or else.


111 posted on 11/18/2016 5:19:18 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: mewzilla

You better believe it.


112 posted on 11/18/2016 5:20:21 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: CWW

Geraldo had to slam The Donald right away in his segment this morning hoping he’d go for more diversity in his cabinet instead of the same “cranky old white guys”...the Friends were not amused. Congratulations to Jeff Sessions...wonderful choice!


113 posted on 11/18/2016 5:22:19 AM PST by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: dixie1202

I lived in Bama when they had a real Governor, George Wallace!


114 posted on 11/18/2016 5:26:09 AM PST by Beagle8U (Long live Yoga Pants!)
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To: CWW

Trump said only he knew. Speculations are just high hopes...and some not so high.


115 posted on 11/18/2016 5:29:29 AM PST by madison10 (Pray for President-Elect Trump, VP Elect Pence and their families)
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To: sphinx

Yes - governor selects to finish the term - no doubt they are aware of the need to maintain the majorities.


116 posted on 11/18/2016 5:35:06 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: CWW

AGREE!!! GREAT CHOICE!!!

Other than Pence, this is Trump’s first personnel assignment to a position that HAS TEETH. In other words, the others are advisors or White House staff.

Sessions will run the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT and thereby have control over 100,000 people. If he lays off the investigations that Obama ran (into phantom terrorist groups, like the NRA), those people can be freed up to, guess what, START DEPORTATIONS.

But be ready for a HUGE FIGHT to get him confirmed. The left will not surrender this position without a fight.


117 posted on 11/18/2016 5:35:35 AM PST by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: sphinx
And what happens to the Senate seat? Would the governor appoint a replacement for two years, until the next general election?

I think so. Some states have special elections to replace an empty Senate seat, but I don't think Alabama is one of them (though I could be wrong). Either way, Sessions' seat is "safe," it isn't as though the Republican governor will appoint a liberal in his place, nor will Alabama elect a Democrat. On the other hand, I doubt that the replacement will be as solid a conservative as Sessions, who is one of the best people we have in the Senate. I also doubt that Session's replacement would be on the same page on trade issues as Sessions, unfortunately.

118 posted on 11/18/2016 5:39:31 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: CWW

This is EARTH SHATTERING DESTRUCTION for liberals. Sessions has spoken on the Senate floor against birthright citizenship for illegals, against DACA, in favor of cracking down on welfare use by illegal aliens, voter ID, and on and on. I preferred Kris Kobach who is younger and a very good communicator, but his Senate confirmation would be rocky. AWESOME choice. Watch as every single Obama policy on illegals, “civil rights”, consent decrees on immigration, etc go down the drain.


119 posted on 11/18/2016 5:42:14 AM PST by montag813
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To: Sacajaweau

Alabama has as R governor and legislature


120 posted on 11/18/2016 5:46:29 AM PST by chesley (The right to protest is not the right to disrupt.)
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