From an in-depth report on Jeff Sessions in today's New York Times, with the headline:
Sessions goes up against Tommy Tubberville in a GOP runoff election for the U.S. Senate nomination two weeks from today.
The Fall of Jeff Sessions, and What Came After
(In Alabama)"....many Republican voters will brook no dissent of Trump but also question a man who appears disinclined to defend his own honor. On May 22, after Trump excoriated Sessions yet again on Twitter (“Alabama, do not trust Jeff Sessions. He let our Country down”), Sessions decided, for the first time, to push back. “Look, I know your anger, but recusal was required by law. I did my duty & you’re damn fortunate I did,” Sessions tweeted. “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.” All told, one campaign aide told me, the composition of the tweet involved perhaps a dozen advisers and approximately 100 emails.
Sessions goes up against Tommy Tubberville in a GOP runoff election for the U.S. Senate nomination two weeks from today.
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