Trump will hold the rally in Sessions’ hometown, CNN reported.
President Donald Trump will head to the hometown of his former Attorney General Jeff Sessions next month to hold a rally for Sessions’ opponent in the Republican Senate runoff—former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville—who already has a strong lead in polling over Sessions, as the former Attorney General looks to reclaim the seat he left three years ago when he took the job in the Trump administration.
Tuberville finished at the top in the first round of the Republican primary, with his 33.4% of the vote besting the 31.6% Sessions polled—a poor showing for someone who represented the state in the U.S. Senate for over 20 years.released last month also showed Tuberville with a commanding 23 point lead over Sessions in the runoff.
But there is no love lost between Trump and Sessions, who was his first Attorney General, especially after Sessions recused himself as lead of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election—Trump openly mocked Sessions for that decision and said he regretted picking him as Attorney General.
The winner of the runoff will face Democratic incumbent Doug Jones, who won the seat in a 2017 special election after his opponent was plagued by allegations of sexual misconnect; Jones is seen as theTrump is extremely popular in the state of Alabama—a state he seems almost certain to win this year, after getting
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