Jeff Sessions campaign releases new tv ad calling out Tommy Tuberville’s hedge fund ‘fraud scheme’
With less than a week before the Alabama U.S. Senate runoff, Jeff Sessions’ campaign on Thursday issued a new television ad dubbed, “SCANDAL,” which immediately began airing across the Yellowhammer State. The ad follows Sunday’s New York Times’ report on Tommy Tuberville’s hedge fund disaster, which Sessions is calling a “fraud scheme.” Jeff Sessions issued a statement calling on Tuberville to release the victims from the non-disclosure agreements Tuberville made the victims sign. Tuberville has yet to respond. “Earlier this week, Tommy Tuberville’s campaign chairman went on the radio to try to explain away Tuberville’s fraud scandal,” Sessions said of Tuberville’s campaign chairman. “Tuberville is in hiding and refuses to answer questions himself. [The campaign chairman] tried to say Tuberville was just an innocent investor and a victim. Hogwash. If Tuberville was just an innocent investor whose name was being used, why did he do interviews in 2009 about his new job as a ‘stock guru’? Why was he passing out business cards, saying he was the ‘managing partner’ of the fraudulent hedge fund?” Watch the ad below: Transcript of SCANDAL TUBERVILLE: I’m Tommy Tuberville and I’m… NARRATOR: We interrupt this Washington-funded Tuberville ad for Breaking News.Alabama does NOT take orders from Washington. NARRATOR: Fact: Tuberville’s Washington’s choice, engulfed in scandal. His firm cheated people out of millions. Fact: Tuberville was sued for fraud, had a secret deal out of court… while his partner got a ten year sentence. Fact: Washington fears Jeff Sessions. [Fact Graphic: Sessions stopped open borders and bad trade deals.] Sessions has the courage to stand up to the mob. [Fact Graphic: Sessions opposes erasing America’s history, defunding the police.] Don’t bow to Washington, standup for Alabama and Sessions. SESSIONS: I’m Jeff Sessions, and I approve this ad.
Alabama is 2020’s state with the 9th lowest tax burden
The Yellowhammer State rarely makes the top of any favorable lists, but according to a new report from the financial website, WalletHub, Alabama is among the top 10 states with the lowest tax burdens in 2020. According to the report, Alabama ranked the 9th lowest tax burden nationwide, allowing wallets statewide to breathe a little easier. Unlike tax rates, which vary widely based on an individual’s circumstances, the tax burden measures the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes. And it isn’t uniform across the U.S., either. In order to determine which states tax their residents most aggressively, WalletHub compared the 50 states based on the three components of state tax burden — property taxes, individual income taxes, and sales and excise taxes — as a share of total personal income. Tax burden in Alabama (1= highest, 25= avg.): 42nd – Overall tax burden (7.36%) 50th – Property tax burden (1.43%) 34th – Individual income tax burden(1.88%) 13th – Total sales & excise tax burden (4.05%) One reason Alabama’s tax burden is among the lowest is because of the state’s Republican-controlled legislature, which is more adverse to burdensome taxes as compared to Democratic-controlled legislatures across the country. See how Alabama compares with the rest of the country: Source: WalletHub
Jeff Sessions fires back, calls Donald Trump’s insults ‘juvenile’ ahead of runoff election
Just days ahead of the Alabama runoff election, President Donald Trump’s former Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back against the president’s latest insults of him, calling his choice of words, “juvenile.” “I’ve taken the road less travelled. Not sought fame or fortune. My honor and integrity are far more important than these juvenile insults. Your scandal ridden candidate is too cowardly to debate. As you know, Alabama does not take orders from Washington,” Sessions tweeted. I’ve taken the road less travelled. Not sought fame or fortune. My honor and integrity are far more important than these juvenile insults. Your scandal ridden candidate is too cowardly to debate. As you know, Alabama does not take orders from Washington. https://t.co/1I6ROih43E — Jeff Sessions (@jeffsessions) July 11, 2020 Sessions tweet was in response to Trump’s own, where he called on his supporters to throw their support to Tommy Tuberville, the former Auburn University football coach, claiming Sessions was “a disaster who let us all down.” “Big Senate Race in Alabama on Tuesday,” tweeted Trump. “Vote for @TTuberville, he is a winner who will never let you down. Jeff Sessions is a disaster who has let us all down. We don’t want him back in Washington! Big Senate Race in Alabama on Tuesday. Vote for @TTuberville, he is a winner who will never let you down. Jeff Sessions is a disaster who has let us all down. We don’t want him back in Washington! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2020 Sessions will face Tuberville in Alabama’s GOP primary runoff on Tuesday, July 14. The winner will become the Republican nominee and go on to face Democrat U.S. Sen. Doug Jones in the general election in November.
