Trump Endorses Sessions’ AL Senate Primary Opponent

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) attend a panel discussion on an opioid and drug abuse in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 29, 2017 in Wash... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) attend a panel discussion on an opioid and drug abuse in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Trump can’t stop kicking dirt in his former attorney general’s face.

On Tuesday night, Trump tweeted his support for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ rival in the GOP Alabama Senate primary — former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville.

Sessions found himself in a runoff against Tuberville after his dismal performance in Super Tuesday last week, which prompted Trump to slam his former attorney general in a Wednesday morning tweet by erroneously claiming that Sessions recused himself “on FIRST DAY in office.” Sessions recused himself in March 2017; he was confirmed in February.

Last year, Sessions told Fox News that Trump is “not going to attack me in the race,” referring to his Alabama Senate run, and that he was “certainly going to hope [that an endorsement from Trump] will happen.”

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  1. Paging @khyber900, please come to the courtesy telephone. Does Trump’s endorsement of Tuberville help or hurt Sessions? Will Roll Tide voters now back Sessions?

  2. Hurts Sessions. Tuberville will be the GOP nominee for AL-Sen.

  3. Avatar for meri meri says:

    Come on, we know there has to be something Trump has said about Alabama being full of inbred cousin fuckers.

  4. Avatar for dont dont says:

    What Tide voter will vote for Tubby?

    /s

  5. Avatar for noonm noonm says:

    ETTD Sessions.

    You just learned what that actually means.

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