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Behind Trump and Sessions Twitter row, a key Senate seat

Published 05/23/2020, 02:06 PM
Updated 05/23/2020, 09:50 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Republican senate candidate speaks in Mobile

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump are fighting on social media about a primary battle in Alabama that may be key to Republicans retaining control of the U.S. Senate.

Trump has targeted https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sessions-idUSKBN1A51X7 Sessions for retribution since Sessions recused himself in 2017 from a U.S. probe into Russian election meddling.

In a Twitter message on Saturday evening, Trump told Sessions he should drop out of the race because "You had no courage, & ruined many lives."

"Mr. President, Alabama can and does trust me, as do conservatives across the country," Sessions tweeted on Saturday morning, referring to an earlier Trump attack. "Perhaps you've forgotten. They trusted me when I stepped out and put that trust on the line for you."

In an earlier tweet, Sessions said Trump's "personal feelings don't dictate who Alabama picks as their senator."

The Trump campaign declined to comment on Sessions' tweets.

Sessions spent 20 years as a U.S. senator before joining the Trump administration in 2017. Forced out by Trump in November 2018, he now hopes to return to the Senate.

Sessions faces a primary runoff against former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville. Trump is backing Tuberville in the July 14 showdown.

The winner will face Democratic Senator Doug Jones in November, who in 2017 became https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-alabama/alabama-senate-race-winner-urges-republican-rival-to-move-on-idUSKBN1E824T the first Democrat to win a Senate seat from Alabama in a quarter century after the Republican candidate was accused of sexually harassing teenage girls as an adult.

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Ousting Jones in conservative Alabama could help Republicans compensate for potential losses in four other Senate races viewed as toss-ups https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-senate-factbox/factbox-the-key-races-that-will-likely-determine-control-of-the-u-s-senate-idUSKCN22A379.

Republicans control the Senate with 53 out of 100 seats, giving them a slim six-seat margin.

Trump blames Sessions' recusal for U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/mueller-says-he-could-not-charge-trump-as-congress-weighs-impeachment-idUSKCN1SZ1OC, which cast a cloud over his presidency but didn't result in any charges against Trump.

Latest comments

both Biden and Trump are jokes on wheels. How many more years before this country crumbles into the sea. We elect the very worst people to the highest positions.
Biden LOL!!!
Biden should win the election. It's his to lose. If he'd just make edited ads, no debates, no more live shows, he can run out the clock and win.
The race will be a good litmus test for Trump's abilities to have his way.  but in the end can you really see Joe Biden at the next president of the United States?  Trump should be the one staying at home while Joe Biden goes out and hangs himself
Both r bad. Joe cheated in colledge n everybody knows Joe “loves” women. Joe is a career politician.
'..Sessions and President Donald Trump are fighting on social media..' -- i didn't read the rest. When it comes to trump battling with any1 u kinda no that the non-trump person is gonna win. trump is such a loser. he's gonna lose in November for so many reasons. interestingly he's sic ker than all the si ck ppl who voted for him. his tax returns are so si ck he doesn't wanna show them in public. his mind is so si ck but we can hear that every day, his body is so si ck he doesn't wanna show us his health report card and that's why he's making up si ll y excuses for not going for his physical.  this man is so ridiculous. instead of trump making the best of the few months remaining for him where he can make sum real diff by enacting bills that other administrations can't put in place as fast as he can, so instead of doing the best for americans now he's picking fights with ppl like sessions who he's intellectually far inferior to. yeah, that's one of the many reasons trump is gonna lose
I assume that means you were surprised in 2016 when he won against four-to-one odds
Haha most popular president in American History will lose in November? He is who he is but one is for sure, there is only one person who can beat him and that's Mark Cuban. Cuban won't run until 2024. So Chris Sundo you will cry like a baby in few months because this will be landslide for Trump all states expect, NY CA DC Illinois and Vermont.
where do you live ... Jupiter?
Game of dog ********dog, very entertaining and damaging for the nation.
Trump searched the whole country and appointed the best crony he could find, that was the illustrious racist Mr Sessions. But it turns out the Sessions was not crony enough for the great Donald. SO it's time for part 2....the slap down revenge.....The question is, does Donald have enough bullets in his gun(after the insane way he wobbled like a drunk frog and mishandled the "virus" hoax) to do any damage...or is the writing on the wall... becoming clear.
Rest in peace Mr bearish
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