Trump will reportedly endorse Jeff Sessions' Senate opponent in the most passive aggressive way possible
President Trump is about to take his incredible grudge against his former attorney general to the next level.
Jeff Sessions is running to reclaim the Alabama Senate seat he gave up to become Trump's first attorney general — a spot he was fired from just after the 2018 midterm elections. But before Sessions can head back to the Senate, he has to beat out former college football coach Tommy Tuberville for the GOP nomination — and survive Trump's massive grudge.
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