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Sessions’ campaign releases new poll

A new poll commissioned by Jeff Sessions’ campaign shows the former U.S. Senator with a commanding lead over his Republican rivals heading into the March 3, 2020 primary. However sunny the survey looks for Sessions, it may be more window dressings designed to woo donors and discourage his competitors’ supporters than an accurate picture of … Continued
December 11, 2019

Hope springs eternal, I hope

Every now and then, I’ll take on conservative columnist Steve Flowers, who has always, to my knowledge, been gracious under criticism. Flowers has been on the front lines in the political wars, unlike me, who comes out of the mountains after the battle is fought to shoot the survivors. Flowers knows few politicians can succeed … Continued
December 5, 2019

Tuberville: Sessions had his chance to support Trump and blew it

Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville on Saturday criticized Jeff Sessions’ work as U.S. attorney general. Tuberville spoke with the Alabama Political Reporter before Saturday’s Iron Bowl in Auburn. “He had his chance to support the president as attorney general, and he blew it,” Tuberville said. Sessions has praised President Donald Trump and vowed to … Continued
December 2, 2019

Sessions says he would be honored to welcome Merrill’s supporters

Secretary of State John Merrill suspended his campaign for U.S. Senate over the weekend. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was quick to praise Merrill’s dedication to the state and welcome Merrill’s supporters to join his campaign to return to the United States Senate. “I want to congratulate Secretary of State John Merrill for running a … Continued
December 2, 2019

Merrill suspends Senate campaign

On Sunday night at 8:00, Secretary of State John Merrill announced an end to his U.S. Senate campaign. APR learned that Merrill recently spoke with Senate leadership, who encouraged him to suspend his campaign. “John has a bright future,” said a D.C. source who spoke on background because they were not authorized to speak on … Continued
December 1, 2019

John Rogers leaving the majority leader’s office to join Jeff Sessions’ Senate campaign

Tuesday, Alabama State Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed, R-Jasper, announced that John Rogers, the office’s long-time Communications Director and Policy Advisor, will be leaving the Majority Leader’s Office at the end of the week to join former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ (R) campaign for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Doug Jones (D). … Continued
November 27, 2019

Adair says that GOP should be extremely concerned about losses in gubernatorial races in Louisiana and Kentucky

U.S. Senate candidate Stanley Adair (R) said that if the Republican party chooses the wrong Senator then Alabama Republicans could lose the Senate race in the 2020 general election, similarly to recent gubernatorial losses in Louisiana and Kentucky. “The Republican Party should be extremely concerned,” Adair said in a statement. “After losing the Governor races … Continued
November 20, 2019

Sessions says that whistleblower’s identity should be made public

Monday, former Attorney General and current U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Sessions (R) said that the whistleblower “would eventually have to be made public.” Sessions made the comments about the impeachment while making an appearance on Fox News’s Fox and Friends. “It is unthinkable that a witness who pretends to have information, that would impeach a … Continued
November 19, 2019

Sessions says impeachment inquiry “is a desperate attempt to weaken a president”

Former Attorney General and current Senate candidate Jeff Sessions wrote an editorial last week for Fox News in which he compared the impeachment inquiry to show trials in the old Soviet Union and charged that the effort is “a desperate attempt to weaken a president.” Sessions said, “Our founders did not provide the awesome impeachment … Continued
November 18, 2019

SPLC: Stephen Miller, another former Sessions staffer pushed anti-immigrant stories to Breitbart

In the second story in a series published Thursday by the Southern Poverty Law Center,  emails show that Trump senior advisor and former aide to then-U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, Stephen Miller, had ties to an anti-immigrant think-tank.  The emails also shows that Miller wasn’t the only Sessions staffer to have been pushing for anti-immigrant stories … Continued
November 15, 2019