Trump Endorses Luther Strange In Alabama Special Election

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange speaks to the Optimist Club's 'Respect For Law Banquet' at Mayfair Church of Christ May 4, 2015 in Huntsville, Ala. In a plea for more state troopers, Strange said, "We have 40... Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange speaks to the Optimist Club's 'Respect For Law Banquet' at Mayfair Church of Christ May 4, 2015 in Huntsville, Ala. In a plea for more state troopers, Strange said, "We have 400 state troopers in our state right now." "We need three times that many at minimum. If you've ever driven on the interstate, I usually think I'm in the Talladega 500 when I'm driving along because there are people just flying down the road." (Eric Schultz/AL.com via AP) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday night endorsed Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) in the contentious special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Strange is locked in a three-way GOP primary with Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) and former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Strange was appointed to temporarily fill Sessions’ seat when he became attorney general, but now must run to serve a full term. He has tied himself to Trump in ads, and his allies have run ads highlighting Brooks’ past skepticism of Trump.

Brooks has attacked Strange as an ally of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), running an ad charging that Strange and McConnell are working to block Trump’s “America first” agenda.

As Brooks and Strange snipe at each other, Moore, who was suspended as the state Supreme Court’s chief justice for ordering clerks not to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, has risen in the polls.

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  1. What a cast of asses. Though Roy Moore is extra special in that regard.

    At least Sessions knows that his mission will be carried on.

  2. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Each one is a crank. Bet the endorsement was based on how many positive items about the candidate flattering Trump showed up in Trump’s twice daily propaganda file.

  3. when your strange , no one remembers your name when your strange faces come out of the rain :yum:

  4. Roy Moore can’t be wraithed. He was a Trumper before there was a Trump.

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