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Southern Republican senators reject Trump’s criticism of Sessions

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You can call poor countries with predominantly darker skin "**** holes," you can call White Supremacists "very fine people." You can even say the DOJ should be used to go after political opponents and defend Republican allies, but don't you dare call Jeff Sessions mentally retarded and a dumb Southerner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c35e7fc4139

Southern Republican senators defended Jeff Sessions after an explosive new book by Bob Woodward recounted how President Trump called his attorney general a “dumb Southerner” and mocked his accent.

In the forthcoming chronicle of Trump’s White House, “Fear,” Woodward writes that the president privately called Sessions a “traitor,” saying: “This guy is mentally retarded. He’s this dumb Southerner . . . He couldn’t even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.”
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“I’m a Southerner, people can judge my intellect, my IQ, by my product and what I produce rather than what somebody else says,” Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said in an interview.

“We’re a pretty smart bunch. We lost the Civil War, but I think we’re winning the economic war since then . . . I’m not gonna get into name calling because I don’t think you should be allowed to call names — including the president,” he added.

Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), who served alongside Sessions during his 20 years as senator for Alabama, said: “Well, I’m sure I’ve got that accent, wouldn’t you think?”

He pointed out that Trump himself relied on Southern voters during the 2016 general election, warning: “I guess the president, he says what he thinks . . . I think the president’s probably got a lot of respect for the South, I hope so. He did well there. Without the South he wouldn’t be the president of the United States.”

The vast majority of Southern states voted for Trump.

Asked what he thought of Trump’s claim that Sessions was “mentally retarded,” Shelby, the fifth most senior Republican senator, added: “I think that’s strong words. I think Sessions is a very smart man and a man of integrity. I would disagree with the president on that.”

Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) added to the chorus of disapproval, joking that Sessions was not a “dumb Southerner” but a “smart Southerner.” “Oh come on,” he said. “I’m a Southerner, too. I think it’s not at all appropriate. It’s totally inappropriate.”

Sen. Thom Tillis (R- N.C.), who grew up in New Orleans and Nashville among other cities, also raised his Southern origins, saying: “As a Southerner, I have to say, Jeff Sessions . . . is bright, studied in the law and well-respected universally by the conference here, I think that speaks for itself. He is bright.”
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Well, maybe not fighting words, to be exact. Trump's comment about Sessions appears to have Republicans in a tight spot. On one hand they can't overtly come out against Trump seeing as he's the face of the Republican Party, and his endorsement virtually assures victory for the Republican primary candidate. But on the other hand they can't just stand by and let the President insult their entire constituencies without saying something.
 
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Republican Senators will continue to be storm ☔️ troopers for trump.
 
Cardinal said:
You can call poor countries with predominantly darker skin "**** holes," you can call White Supremacists "very fine people." You can even say the DOJ should be used to go after political opponents and defend Republican allies, but don't you dare call Jeff Sessions mentally retarded and a dumb Southerner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c35e7fc4139




Well, maybe not fighting words, to be exact. Trump's comment about Sessions appears to have Republicans in a tight spot. On one hand they can't overtly come out against Trump seeing as he's the face of the Republican Party, and his endorsement virtually assures victory for the Republican primary candidate. But on the other hand they can't just stand by and let the President insult their entire constituencies without saying something.
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Yeah, they can and will. Just look at Lindsay.
 
From the O/P's article: "alleged slight"
"Republican lawmakers are typically cautious in their criticism of Trump’s latest remarks, but on Tuesday several senators who said they had not read the book still bristled at the president’s alleged slight."


:coffeepap
 
Trump supporters will put their fingers in their ears and sing lalalalalalalala, putting forth the defense that there's no proof he said it, even though there's every reason to believe that he did say it.

Trump's loathing of Sessions is absolute. And he makes some of the most ham-handed insults when he's in the throes of venting about people such as Sessions and McCain. You know that New Yorker would easily slip into South-bashing mode during a Sessions-bashing session. This is the man who was stupid enough to call POWs losers just to try to poke a stick in McCain's eye.
 
Cardinal said:
You can call poor countries with predominantly darker skin "**** holes," you can call White Supremacists "very fine people." You can even say the DOJ should be used to go after political opponents and defend Republican allies, but don't you dare call Jeff Sessions mentally retarded and a dumb Southerner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c35e7fc4139




Well, maybe not fighting words, to be exact. Trump's comment about Sessions appears to have Republicans in a tight spot. On one hand they can't overtly come out against Trump seeing as he's the face of the Republican Party, and his endorsement virtually assures victory for the Republican primary candidate. But on the other hand they can't just stand by and let the President insult their entire constituencies without saying something.
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Statement from Kelly
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Statement from SecDef Mattis
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Dowd also issued a statement denying Woodwards claim that Dowd called Trump " a ******* liar "

Why would Woodward and Bernstein soil their reputations and credibility like this ?

Woodward basically wrote the second installment of Fire and Fury and his claims are already being picked apart and Bernstein still refuses to acknowledge that he lied when he said Trump knew about the Trump tower meeting before hand and that Lanny Davis wasn't the source.
 
Fenton said:
Statement from Kelly
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Uh huh. Tell the Republican Congressmen that. They already know the statements in the Woodward book are real.
 
Cardinal said:
You can call poor countries with predominantly darker skin "**** holes," you can call White Supremacists "very fine people." You can even say the DOJ should be used to go after political opponents and defend Republican allies, but don't you dare call Jeff Sessions mentally retarded and a dumb Southerner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c35e7fc4139




Well, maybe not fighting words, to be exact. Trump's comment about Sessions appears to have Republicans in a tight spot. On one hand they can't overtly come out against Trump seeing as he's the face of the Republican Party, and his endorsement virtually assures victory for the Republican primary candidate. But on the other hand they can't just stand by and let the President insult their entire constituencies without saying something.
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Maybe not fighting words, but definitely some really dumb words given how much of the South went to him in the 2016 election.
 
Atomic Kid said:
Maybe not fighting words, but definitely some really dumb words given how much of the South went to him in the 2016 election.
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I'm sure those white southerners are going to fight off the Yankee New Yorker who said it.

Maybe Trump has a point--however unfortunate the messenger.

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Cardinal said:
Uh huh. Tell the Republican Congressmen that. They already know the statements in the Woodward book are real.
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" Real " ? So you're taking Woodwards word over Mattis, Kelly and Dowd's ?
Woodward's book is basically fan fiction for TDS sufferers, that's it. For everyone else, it's fake news
 
There's absolutely no way that I would ever believe that Bob Woodward intentionally fabricated each and every one of the statements he claims came from Dowd, Kelly, Priebus, Trump and who knows who else. I just don't believe that at this stage of his life that Bob Woodward would risk tossing it all away in the trash just to sell a book. He doesn't need the money and let's face it, this guy is known for his integrity. Are the others as well-known for their integrity?
 
Fenton said:
" Real " ? So you're taking Woodwards word over Mattis, Kelly and Dowd's ?
Woodward's book is basically fan fiction for TDS sufferers, that's it. For everyone else, it's fake news
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Are you suggesting that all those Republican congressmen are suffering TDS? How is that going to play out for their electoral prospects when they need Trump's endorsements?
 
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HumblePi said:
There's absolutely no way that I would ever believe that Bob Woodward intentionally fabricated each and every one of the statements he claims came from Dowd, Kelly, Priebus, Trump and who knows who else. I just don't believe that at this stage of his life that Bob Woodward would risk tossing it all away in the trash just to sell a book. He doesn't need the money and let's face it, this guy is known for his integrity. Are the others as well-known for their integrity?
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Absolutely — It’s been 44 years since Woodward took down Nixon — He realizes this one is exponentially worse —

The Generals are doing what they have to do, falling on the sword for trump. Republicans in the House and Senate are Spineless Traitors, especially McConnell.
 
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Are you suggesting that all those Republican congressmen are suffering TDS? How is that going to play out for their electoral prospects when they need Trump's endorsements?
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He doesn't get that these people wouldn't react this way if they thought it was a lie.


More than likely, Trump has been heard by aides, they've told these Senators for months, and now it is coming out and they can't ignore it for fear of leaks... From those aides.

Fenton is banking on this being the less plausible explanation of solid Republican states being infected with TDS. An illness which isn't real and only exists in the minds of people who are more than likely to believe a Jewish zombie will one day save them from the nightmare they elected.

Firm grasp on our political reality these folks have. Why waste your time? That is the same person who argued Manaforte's conviction was meaningless... While the president of the US tweeted about it.




Sent from Trump Plaza's basement using Putin's MacBook.
 
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Fiddytree said:
I'm sure those white southerners are going to fight off the Yankee New Yorker who said it.

Maybe Trump has a point--however unfortunate the messenger.

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Trump basically is saying to their faces that unless you're an Ivy Leaguer from the Northeast all the rest of ya are just a bunch of dumb hicks.
 
Atomic Kid said:
Trump basically is saying to their faces that unless you're an Ivy Leaguer from the Northeast all the rest of ya are just a bunch of dumb hicks.
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Well, yeah.

Central casting in his administration.

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Fenton said:
" Real " ? So you're taking Woodwards word over Mattis, Kelly and Dowd's ?
Woodward's book is basically fan fiction for TDS sufferers, that's it. For everyone else, it's fake news
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Ssssh! Your spoiling the fun they are so giddy & euphoric about these passages in the book that for the tenth to twentieth
the thinking again is this is the straw that will break the camels back. These MSM reactions began over
three years ago when Donald Trump was disinvited to speak at a RedState event & Eric Erickson invited Megyn Kelly
to replace him. Suddenly the then tied with Trump as polling leader Jeb became the keynote speaker and lashed out at Trump stating
'Do we want to win, do we want to insult 53% of all voters?' and added something like you can't insult your way to the presidency.
While the galvanized MSM perplexed that Trump's previous bombastic flourishes about border jumping illegals & McCain didn't stop Trump they were certain that now the ending was near & this would be dramatically different than Trump's previous missteps.


What happened? Trump stated that Red States founder Erickson was a 'total loser' & that it was an 'honor'
to be disinvited and continued to gain traction, while the fortunes of Kelly and even more so Erickson tended downward.
This book when the dust settles will be no more than a blip on the radar screen. deje vous over & over again!
 
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HumblePi said:
There's absolutely no way that I would ever believe that Bob Woodward intentionally fabricated each and every one of the statements he claims came from Dowd, Kelly, Priebus, Trump and who knows who else. I just don't believe that at this stage of his life that Bob Woodward would risk tossing it all away in the trash just to sell a book. He doesn't need the money and let's face it, this guy is known for his integrity. Are the others as well-known for their integrity?
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Carl Bernstein still refuses to acknowledge he lied when he claimed Trump knew about the Trump tower meeting before hand and that Lanny Davis wasn't his source.

If Bernstein is willing to destroy his credibility and reputation to take out Trump why wouldn't Woodward do the same ? Maybe they actually believe their own hype and are willing to risk everything to take Trump down

Its a horrible strategy because they're not fooling anyone and just wind up preaching to the choir
 
Cardinal said:
You can call poor countries with predominantly darker skin "**** holes," you can call White Supremacists "very fine people." You can even say the DOJ should be used to go after political opponents and defend Republican allies, but don't you dare call Jeff Sessions mentally retarded and a dumb Southerner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c35e7fc4139




Well, maybe not fighting words, to be exact. Trump's comment about Sessions appears to have Republicans in a tight spot. On one hand they can't overtly come out against Trump seeing as he's the face of the Republican Party, and his endorsement virtually assures victory for the Republican primary candidate. But on the other hand they can't just stand by and let the President insult their entire constituencies without saying something.
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You've hit on another reason why I think the Democrats will regain the house this midterm. Being a Trumper is a must to win in most Republican primaries. The problem is a lot of those Trump chosen candidates independents can't support. It is coming down to quite a few that get Trump's endorsement, you'll win your primary. But lose the the independent vote and depending on the district, the general election.

A lot of Republican house candidates are between a rock and a hard place on this. It is one of the reason 42 Republican House incumbents decided not to seek reelection. That is a record for the Republicans and another reason why the Democrats will win back the House.

As for Sessions, the first Republican senator to endorse Trump, he's a dead man walking.
 
Southern accents are dying out in the south. Because grade school kids today see a southern accents as being a negative.
 
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