The guy is still getting grief because he didn’t bend for Donald Trump’s sake…
But did ‘the right thing’….
Jeff Sessions, the besieged former attorney general to President Donald Trump and now-Alabama senate primary candidate, has reached his breaking point.
Trump, who has relentlessly bashed Sessions for recusing himself from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, once again put his ex-attorney general on blast via Twitter on Friday night.
“Alabama, do not trust Jeff Sessions. He let our Country down,” the President tweeted. “That’s why I endorsed Coach Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville), the true supporter of our #MAGA agenda!”
That was apparently the final straw for the long-suffering Sessions, who had meekly tolerated his former boss’s attacks up until that point.
“.@realdonaldtrump Look, I know your anger, but recusal was required by law,” the senate candidate tweeted in response. “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,” he continued….
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