Jeff Sessions targets ‘establishment’ and Tommy Tuberville’s anti-Trump consultant
The Alabama Republican primary runoff is a little over a month away, July 14, where former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will face-off with former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville. Typically at this point in a campaign, the candidates would find themselves crisscrossing the state making stump speeches as to why they’re better suited for the job, but thanks to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, things look a little different this year with social distancing practices still underway. This is why Senate-hopeful Sessions met up with the Lawrence County Republicans over the phone Thursday night in lieu of their regular monthly meeting to talk about his Senate run and to answer questions. Sessions took the opportunity to relate to the largely rural county, speaking candidly Sessions told listeners, “I grew up in the country, a lot more country really than Lawrence County…”all of my direct ancestors where in Alabama by 1850, most of them by 1830.” He went on to detail his lifetime involvement with the Republican Party — first with the state’s College Republicans, then Young Republicans and later the Republican Party itself. Not missing a beat, Sessions seized the opportunity to call out his opponent, explaining “at 65 years of age, [Tuberville’s] never said, to our knowledge, that he’s even a Republican. He had never given a contribution, out of some millions that he makes, to any candidate. Republican or Democrat that we can find. He never expressed an opinion.” Drawing a stark comparison to himself, as he was the first U.S. Senator to endorse Trump in 2017, Sessions explained Tuberville, “never said a good thing about Donald Trump. He never endorsed Donald Trump. He never contributed toDonald Trump.” “I have been faithful to the people of Alabama. I never sold out to the special interests. Never sold out to the political correct crowd. I began to push back more and more against the establishment, the Republicans,” Sessions continued, speaking of his time in the U.S. Senate. Tuberville’s anti-Trump consultant Sessions also took a moment on the call to discuss Tuberville’s media consultant, Rob Jesmer. Sessions explained, “I know Rob Jesmer well, he works at FWD.us. As far as I’m concerned, the Trumpian agenda has no greater opponent… than FWD.us. That’s the Mark Zuckerberg group that the President is complaining about today, rightly, that’s supressing and manipulating free speech on the internet. It’s also the group that was the leading advocate to try and get Republicans to support the amnesty bills that I succeeded in blocking.” Funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, FWD.us is known for its support in giving amnesty to illegal aliens and is dedicated to lobbying Congress to fix “the failed immigration” system and allow more foreign workers into America. Prior to his time at FWD.us, Jesmer served for a time as the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). During his time in that position, Sessions says Jesmer “would not give [candidates] money unless they agreed to not talk about immigration. That was stupid as a matter of policy. That was stupid as a matter of politics.” Sessions went on to say he was shocked to recently learn that Jesmer in the last month or so said, “Donald Trump is a psychopath and I don’t want him to be my President.” This is why Sessions believes Tuberville is mistaken on immigration facts. The winner of the GOP runoff will go on to face Democrat, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones in the general election in November.
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