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Title: Game Change: Jeff Sessions Endorses Trump from Stage in Alabama; Stunning Event Unites Populist, Nationalist Movement
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Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern ... -populistnationalist-movement/
Published: Feb 28, 2016
Author: Matthew Boyle
Post Date: 2016-02-28 17:11:00 by cranky
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Views: 6572
Comments: 50
Sessions, the intellectual leader of the future of the conservative movement, has provided the brainpower behind the populist nationalist revolt against political elites that’s been emerging since at least 2013. At a warm and windy rally here with thousands present in a packed football stadium just outside Huntsville, Sessions will appear on stage with Trump to back him for president. Sessions’ endorsement provides Trump with even more legitimacy as Trump’s two remaining serious opponents—Sens. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)—attempt to undermine him in a desperate bid by the donor class to regain control of the party from populists revolting in elections around the country. Sessions backing Trump is a significant blow to both Rubio and Cruz, as now the powerful Alabamian will be putting his entire operation all in behind Trump. Sessions’ backing is the latest and highest-profile in a string of significant endorsements for Trump’s rebel campaign. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, after dropping out of the race himself despite landing significant blows on Rubio in the final debate before New Hampshire’s primaries, backed Trump this week, as did Maine Gov. Paul LePage and former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, as well as Reps. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY). But all those endorsements pale in comparison to Sessions’ backing of Trump, as the Alabamian senator is universally respected—and feared—inside the beltway in Washington. Sessions is known for his tough views on immigration and trade and has repeatedly aimed to push the Republican Party in a more populist, nationalist direction. Sessions has helped frame the movement’s views on both issues—and more, like courts and judicial nominations, law and order and police matters, and on budgetary issues and the fiscal well-being of America—while maintaining a formidable political and policy operation that his allies view as invaluable and his enemies dread. Sessions is the most highly sought-after endorsement because of his respect party-wide, and he’s been cited by Cruz especially frequently on the campaign trail. He has appeared with Cruz at events in Alabama, and with Trump in Mobile five hours south of here earlier in the cycle. He has also helped many of the GOP candidates, including Cruz and Trump, craft their policy positions and has been—alongside his numerous allies on Capitol Hill in the House and Senate—a driving force in framing the populist nationalist future of the Republican Party. “Donald, welcome to my hometown, Mobile, Alabama,” Sessions said back in September when he appeared with Trump in Mobile—while wearing a “Make America Great Again” trucker hat that Trump has popularized—not an official endorsement then. “The American people, these people, want somebody in the Presidency who stands up for them, defends their interest, and the laws and traditions of this country. We welcome you here. Thank you for the work that you’ve put into the immigration issue. I’m really impressed with your plan. I know it will make a difference. And this crowd shows a lot of people agree with that. Congratulations. Welcome, and God bless.” Sessions’ old communications director Stephen Miller joined Trump’s campaign earlier in the cycle as a senior policy adviser, and the two populists have been close before. But now it’s official with Sessions’ public endorsement of Trump. Now that Sessions has officially backed Trump for president, his enormous respect among Republican voters nationwide—and especially in Super Tuesday states like here in Alabama—and among Republicans party-wide in Washington is sure to give Trump a game-change-level boost heading into Super Tuesday and future states. If Trump wins big on Super Tuesday—he’s polling ahead of his rivals in almost every Super Tuesday state, except Cruz’s Texas—it sets him up for a significant battle to take down Rubio in Florida. Currently, Trump is polling well ahead of Rubio in the Florida senator’s home state—an embarrassment for the young first-term senator. A win by Trump over Rubio in Florida would almost certainly end the Rubio presidential campaign, as the young senator and his campaign have promised publicly they will win Florida. 
MADISON, Alabama — 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner billionaire Donald Trump will pick up the most significant endorsement any presidential candidate in the GOP can get here on Sunday: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Trump/Sessions. Hadn't thought of that. I like that better than Trump/Cruz, or Trump/Kasich. Or Trump/Rubio (BLECH).
trump just won the Republican nomination.
#5. To: GarySpFC (#4)
I think he already had it won. This is bigger than that. With this, Sessions is beginning the process of uniting the Republican conservative movement back together, and behind Trump. He's saying that it's ok to come in off the ledge, to calm down, that Trump is a good guy for conservatives, to take off the hair shirts and douse the burning hair. Cruz is a conservative hero, but he's not going to win the nomination this time. Rather than tear the party to pieces in a hopeless dead-end fight, Sessions is telling conservatives who back Cruz, and Cruz himself, that it's time to get behind Donald. Think about what will happen once Donald Runs the table Tuesday night and is the presumptive nominee, if the party, led by the CONSERVATIVES, quickly unites around Trump, this early! First, it will cause Cruz to drop out. Second, it will mean that the Establishment itself will be splintering. The conservative wing of the Establishment is also part of the Establishment. If the party mostly unites, it will mean that assclowns like Graham and McConnell have spoken as though they're going to lead the party against Trump, the party has gone off and followed Trump. THAT means that the big Republican blowhard Establishment leaders: Graham, McConnell and the Bushes themselves can be cut off and expelled from the party leadership for THEIR refusal to go along. The billionaire posse is desperately looking for a way to stay in the game and have SOME influence with the new regime, which will be Trump, so with Sessions following Christie and the Maine governor, and others who will come shortly - including Cruz - Cruz will drop out and back Trump - the moneymen will close ranks AROUND TRUMP. The GOP Establishment won't BE the establishment anymore - money and voters will back the stronger horse. This will allow Trump to have electoral COATTAILS in the actual election. If the party coalesces quickly around Trump, it ALSO means that Republican voters will be free in all sorts of states to go vote for Sanders in the primaries, keeping Hillary out there exposed longer and longer. So, Trump can hammer away at Hillary, while Sanders hammers away, and Trump establishes himself clearly as the eventual winner. Success breeds success. People like a strong horse. It's all good. Cruz needs to do his part now, see that it's not his time, and look for a role in the Trump Administration. Sessions' endorsement is the clarion call to Cruz to not go on a jihad against Donald. To pull back make nice and drop out. He will drop out after Super Tuesday. Wonderfully, Rubio and the McConnell/Bush/Romney wing of the Republican Party will have ALREADY LOST by March 2, but they will continue to misunderstand their weakness, and continue to think of THEMSELVES as the leaders of the party. Which will make them so much easier to cut out, like rotting old dead branches, once the billionaires go with the strongest horse.
You may be right. If he decides to go through with the run,I hope there is a special hot place in hell for Sessions. There is just no excuse for doing what he did.
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#4. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
Trump/Sessions
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#6. To: GarySpFC (#4)
trump just won the Republican nomination.
#9. To: GarySpFC (#4)
trump just won the Republican nomination.
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