[ April 19, 2024 ]
President Trump swept the election contests last night. Trump candidates were victorious in two pivotal contests Tuesday evening, as two high-profile Republican candidates he supported prevailed in primary races.
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions came up short in a fight for his political life. Jeff Sessions lost to the Trump-backed GOP opponent in Alabama. Much deserved. Sessions failed us, failed America when he recused himself from the Democrat criminal Russia hoax, a coup to take down the President.
Democrats picked their candidate to take on Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the fall, and Trump’s former physician Ronny Jackson won a GOP primary runoff for a Texas congressional seat.
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Remember in November!
Wow, just called! @TTuberville – Tommy Tuberville WON big against Jeff Sessions. Will be a GREAT Senator for the incredible people of Alabama. @DougJones is a terrible Senator who is just a Super Liberal puppet for Schumer & Pelosi. Represents Alabama poorly. On to November 3rd.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2020
Jeff Sessions loses comeback bid in Alabama runoff
The Hill, July 14, 2020:
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed in his bid to reclaim his old Senate seat after losing to former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville in the Alabama GOP runoff on Tuesday.
Tuberville was leading Sessions 63 percent to 37 percent with 35 percent of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press.
The former football coach will go on to face Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) in November. Jones is considered the most vulnerable Democrat facing reelection in 2020 in a race The Cook Political Report rates as “Lean Republican.”
The runoff comes months after the state’s Republican primary in March, when neither Sessions nor Tuberville cleared a majority.
Sessions congratulated Tuberville in a speech.
“He ran a really firm, solid race. He was focused on his goal and winning. He had a plan to do so,” Sessions said. “He is our Republican nominee and we must stand by him in November.”
The loss marks the first for Sessions in a political career that spans more than 30 years in Alabama, including as attorney general and as senator for two decades.
Sessions has faced a barrage of public attacks from President Trump since 2017, when, as the administration’s first attorney general, he recused himself from an investigation into Russia’s election meddling. Sessions resigned in 2018 after an acrimonious relationship with Trump.
Trump continued his attacks on Sessions during the Senate primary and runoff, and he endorsed Tuberville, a move that likely helped boost the coach-turned-politician to victory.
Trump has his highest state approval rating in Alabama, where 89 percent of potential GOP primary voters said they approved of the president, according to a Morning Consult tracking poll.
The former attorney general has sought to defend himself against Trump’s attacks, saying in a tweet on Saturday that Alabamians would make up their own minds.
“I’ve taken the road less traveled. Not sought fame or fortune. My honor and integrity are far more important than these juvenile insults. Your scandal-ridden candidate is too cowardly to debate. As you know, Alabama does not take orders from Washington,” Sessions said.
Sessions said on Tuesday he was leaving with no regrets, saying he had saved “the president’s bacon” by following the law and recusing himself from the Russia investigation.
“I leave with no regrets. I was honored to serve the people of Alabama in the Senate and I was extraordinarily proud of the accomplishments we had as attorney general,” he said in his speech.
“On recusal, I followed the law. I did the right thing, and I saved the president’s bacon in the process. Any other action to try to squelch an investigation in that environment would not have worked. It would have really been a catastrophe and I’m so glad it finally ended after a prolonged time and the president has been cleared,” he added.
Trump earlier on Tuesday had congratulated Tuberville for his win.
“Tommy Tuberville WON big against Jeff Sessions. Will be a GREAT Senator for the incredible people of Alabama. @DougJones is a terrible Senator who is just a Super Liberal puppet for Schumer & Pelosi. Represents Alabama poorly,” Trump said in a tweet.
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13 Comments
3 years ago
Another RINO falls. He is loved by demonrats and their corrupt media
CNN and MSM canonises this pro-jihadi/pro-illegal immigration RINO while Egyptian media expose him for being Leading supporter of Muslim Brotherhood in America and Middle
east http://offtrade.net/cnmnews/msm-canonises-jihadi-mccain/
Its absurd and farcical how MSM Lies and brainwashes American citizens
3 years ago
Yahoo! This will make it much easier to keep the Senate.
3 years ago
More good news! Remember the WH doctor that was smeared? He stepped down from being the WH doctor and Trump wanted him to head the VA. DEMS were outraged and SMEARED him so badly that Ronny Jackson stepped back from confirmation. He is a good man! He had a stellar career as well. This is sweet vindication of a good man and for Trump.
Trump-Endorsed Dr. Ronny Jackson Wins Republican Runoff in Texas-13
BY KYLE OLSON 14 Jul 2020
Former White House Physician Dr. Ronny Jackson is one step closer to returning to Washington, DC, after winning the primary runoff election in the 13th congressional district in Texas on Tuesday.
Dr. Ronny Jackson defeated Josh Winegarner, 56 percent to 44 percent, News Channel 10 reported, calling the race with 90 percent of precincts reporting.
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Jackson will face Democrat opponent Gus Trujillo in November.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/14/ronny-jackson-wins-republican-runoff-texas-13/
Later all those smears were determined to ALL be lies!
3 years ago
anyone know anything about tommy? much like gorsuch, he may be another dufus who gets rolled by the democrats.
3 years ago
The days of the GREAT AWAKENING… are now upon us… these COMMUNIST DEMO-craps days are numbered… the walls around their house will not stop the wrath of the REAL AMERICAN PEOPLE… the TREE OF LIBERTY needs to be refreshed with blood from time to time… NOW IS THE TIME
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STAND UP or lay down and be treated like a dog…
3 years ago
Good, Sessions turned into a useless RINO. What he did as AG was disgraceful.
3 years ago
Meanwhile – the push to impeach and remove Mitt Romney in Utah seems to have stalled –
3 years ago
Sessions should have told Trump before recusing himself and should have resigned when he knew it was hurting the Trump administration for him to remain as attorney general. He was in over his head but he liked the power.
3 years ago
fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me!!
sessions is a TRAITOR, along with romney, graham, cornyn, collins, moocowski, and many other deep swamp nazi’s who attack our President!!!
3 years ago
Unbelievable that Sessions had the audacity to run after his cowardly performance as Attorney General.
Crawl under a rock and stay there Sessions.
3 years ago
Are u serious Tubervillle and the truth are strangers. Whoever pays him owns him until the next payor arrives. Sessions was the forst to support Trump in his nelection. He then took a principled stand and trump has been out to get him ever since He is the consummate Rhino republican. A very sad day from a state that has been infected with the endless corryuption of fellow Rhino Shelby
