Senior Trump person reminded me earlier that this whole affair started with Sessions getting AG. "Now Trump hates him and a Democrat is in the Senate." https://t.co/0EMyZ8Vg0v
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 13, 2017
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Could not have happened to a more deserving Malevolent Leprechaun…
Let this sink in – Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ Senate seat was taken by a civil rights lawyer who convicted Klansmen. Justice is sweet.
— Lily Adams (@adamslily) December 13, 2017
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It took an extraordinarily unsuccessful series of choices, by Republican leaders, to make the Alabama race competitive even *before* the Moore scandal. Let’s review them in choose-your-adventure form.
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) December 12, 2017
You’re President-elect Trump. You have to choose an attorney general. Do you:
(1) Reward Jeff Sessions for loyalty, knowing it will prompt a potentially messy special election
(2) Pick one of many non-senators available to the job, at the risk of disappointing your (then-)friend— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) December 12, 2017
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