Senator Jeff Sessions to endorse Trump White House bid: Drudge Report

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jeff Sessions will become the first sitting U.S. senator to endorse party front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday evening, Drudge Report said, marking another in a string of high-profile endorsements for the billionaire businessman.

Sessions' support will top the list of politicians who have thrown their backing to Trump in the last week, including Republican U.S. Representatives Chris Collins of New York and Duncan Hunter of California, as well as former rival for the nomination New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who endorsed on Friday.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/senator-jeff-sessions-endorse-trump-white-house-bid-222852437.html

[oberliner]

1. Wow

That seems like a pretty big deal.

[Angel Martin]

17. Sessions appeared with Trump in campaign events in Alabama this summer

this endorsement was inevitable, it was just a matter of when.

Session lead the fight on the Repub side against fast track/tpa, and is one of the few R's not hooked up to Wall Street financial interests.

[oberliner]

18. I thought he was a Ted Cruz guy

This is from January:

Who is Jeff Sessions? And why can’t Ted Cruz stop talking about him?

Ted Cruz just can't stop name-dropping Jeff Sessions.

By our count, Cruz said the words "Jeff Sessions" five times at Thursday's GOP debate in Des Moines. He also did it twice at the Jan. 14 debate in Charleston, S.C. Oh yeah, and once at the CNN debates in Simi Valley, Calif., and in Las Vegas. And each time, it probably left a few viewers wondering, "Who the heck is this Jeff Sessions guy?"

Cruz and Sessions (R-Ala.) are among the most conservative members of the Senate and have repeatedly and publicly praised each other -- especially when it comes to their mutual resistance to comprehensive immigration reform. Both senators vocally opposed the 2013 "Gang of Eight" bill, which would have provided a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the United States. Sessions later gave Cruz effusive praise, saying, "Without the vigorous opposition of Ted Cruz, this bill likely would have passed."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/30/who-is-jeff-sessions-and-why-cant-ted-cruz-stop-talking-about-him-video/

[Angel Martin]

19. Sessions was campaigning with Trump at this event in August

http://yellowhammernews.com/politics-2/trumpapalooza-the-night-alabama-became-the-center-of-the-political-universe/

The reason why Sessions became so important was because he was Mr Anti-Amnesty, so Cruz needed him to "certify" that he was not some secret amnesty supporter (which Sessions did do)

[onehandle]

2. Just saw it live. Senator Jeff Sessions can barely speak English.

Perfect endorsement.

[StrayKat]

5. That's pretty much what I got out of it. n/t

[Purveyor]

3. He did about a half hour ago. Trashed TPP also.

Trump rally still in progress.
.

[Old Vet]

4. Nobody should be surprised.............

Me think when Sarah Palin came out from whatever rock she was under, You knew the crazies were coming.

[EL34x4]

7. You can bet Ted Cruz is surprised.

I wonder if Sessions even offered a phone call to break the news prior to going public.

Glenn Beck looks like this right now:

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[840high]

12. If it upsets Beck - I'm ok with it.

[humbled_opinion]

6. So on our side does a

Super delegate have to endorse or are they already assigned as Hillary supporters?

[LannyDeVaney]

11. They don't even have to show up to the convention

We already count their votes. It's awesome!

I've already received my invitation to the Inauguration. It's assigned seating, distributed via private email, marked SUPER TOP SECRET.

[MelSC]

14. Haha!

Thank you for making me laugh!

[humbled_opinion]

16. You forgot to add

they get a courtesy transcript copy of her Goldman Speech so they can Yuck it up at the expense of the homeless too....

[sulphurdunn]

8. That would be Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

to all you scalawags and carpetbaggers.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Our very own Howdy Doody......

[Kelvin Mace]

9. The whole GOP will fall in line

Trump is a bigot, a bully, and a crook.

The perfect GOP candidate.

[Jopin Klobe]

10. Sessions, Trump, Drudge ...

... Gawd, what a slop jar full of names ...

[saltpoint]

15. Sessions, LePage, Christie, and David Duke.

And Trump himself channeling Mussolini.

Damned charming bunch, am I right?