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Jeff Sessions Praises Donald Trump’s Answers to ‘Sessions Test’
Breitbart ^ | 2/16/2016 | Julia Hahn

Posted on 02/18/2016 6:00:22 AM PST by mac_truck

Alabama Senator Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) 80% praised GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's responses to his GOP candidate questionnaire.

Sessions noted that to date "Trump is the only candidate who has "answered to my satisfaction".

On February 5th, Sessions, the intellectual thought leader of the conservative nation-state movement, issued a questionnaire to all candidates seeking the Party's nomination. The Sessions test consisted of five straightforward questions addressing immigration, trade, and crime in the United States. In his response, Trump wrote, "After my inauguration, for the first time in decades, Americans will wake up in a country where their immigration laws are enforced."

On Monday's program of the Mark Levin Show, Sessions said:

The American people need to be alert. This is a very, very critical election. I think if they care about immigration issues and trade issues, they need to be sure about where their candidates stand. And I've asked them questions about trade and immigration and one question on crime. And Trump has answered to my satisfaction, but the others haven’t yet. So I think these candidates need to be specific about where they stand before Americans start giving them their vote.

"I'm a fan of Trump," Sessions said. "He's been clear on immigration, he's been clear on trade, and he's talking directly to the American people."

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; alabama; border; election; election2016; elections; immigration; jeffsessions; newyork; sessions; tedcruz; texas; tpp; trade; trump; trumpwasright
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1 posted on 02/18/2016 6:00:22 AM PST by mac_truck
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To: mac_truck

Of course. Trump is the only rational choice for conservatives that want a wall.


2 posted on 02/18/2016 6:02:18 AM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: mac_truck

Important “endorsement”....but always subject to change.


3 posted on 02/18/2016 6:03:14 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: mac_truck

So, is Sessions a good guy now? Even though he was a liar about Cruz the other day?


4 posted on 02/18/2016 6:04:01 AM PST by Durbin
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To: mac_truck
Remember when Sessions shared the stage with Trump?


5 posted on 02/18/2016 6:04:53 AM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: mac_truck

Sessions was huge supporter for John Roberts SCOTUS.
Trump hates Sessions for giving us Obamacare


6 posted on 02/18/2016 6:07:41 AM PST by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)
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To: Durbin

Is he the bad guy now after being praised the other day?


7 posted on 02/18/2016 6:08:36 AM PST by digger48
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To: mac_truck

But I was told on FR that Donald Trump doesn’t pass Ted “Kenneth Copeland” Cruz’s purity test. In the Cruz test, it doesn’t matter that you once favored conferring LPR status on illegals, it just measures how many times a day you pander to evangelicals in their churches and alternately brag about your lawyer credentials.

Ted Cruz is winning that one by a mile.


8 posted on 02/18/2016 6:09:56 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Ted Cruz is full of Beck!


9 posted on 02/18/2016 6:10:57 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: digger48

“Is he the bad guy now after being praised the other day?”

Unlike Trump supporters. I don’t like or hate something depending one what my candidate of choice says from day to day.


10 posted on 02/18/2016 6:12:54 AM PST by Durbin
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To: Durbin

I dunno?

Let’s look into Sessions’ FEC filings and sundry campaign finances.
Really, those of us who identify with the TEA party should consistently return to the above concern.
AKA: Who purchased whom, and...when?


11 posted on 02/18/2016 6:13:29 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: mac_truck

“...Trump has answered to my satisfaction, but the others haven’t yet.”

Keyword is “yet.”
Sessions asked for responses to his questionnaire. He seems to suggest that he hasn’t “yet” received responses from the other candidates.
Article is written to mislead; it suggests responses were received and were unsatisfactory, then omits any elaboration as to why.
Regardless whether the publication is to the left or to the right, and irrespective of which candidate is being touted, I despise manipulative journalism.


12 posted on 02/18/2016 6:16:14 AM PST by mumblypeg (Reality is way more complicated than the internet. That's why I'm here.)
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To: mac_truck
From the article:

Sessions said that he was similarly impressed with Trump's picks for the Supreme Court. During Saturday night's GOP debate, Trump was the only candidate to list his potential picks: Bill Pryor and Diane Sykes. Sessions, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said "Trump really hit a home run with me when he mentioned [Pryor]."

Despite all the grief Trump took here with the Pryor mention, Sessions was impressed. I side with Sessions over the one-note Pryor FR critics.

13 posted on 02/18/2016 6:17:34 AM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: mac_truck

Heh....good one.


14 posted on 02/18/2016 6:18:19 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: mac_truck

Trump is nothing until he follows up on his lawsuit on Cruz.
If Trump is a man he will walk the walk not just talk the talk.


15 posted on 02/18/2016 6:18:32 AM PST by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)
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To: mumblypeg
he hasn't "yet" received responses from the other candidates.

Well, why haven't they sent their responses "yet"?

I read about this questionaire a couple of weeks ago, when Trump sent his response.

Where is St. Cruz's?

16 posted on 02/18/2016 6:20:59 AM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher

A Sessions advisor gave Trump those names the day of the debate.
I would like to see where Trump supported them before the campaign.


17 posted on 02/18/2016 6:22:22 AM PST by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)
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To: mac_truck

Some of the responses to this post will be very interesting!

Thanks for posting it.


18 posted on 02/18/2016 6:30:21 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump the lying RNC/GOPe Open Borders elite thugs! Say hell no to their candidates!)
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To: NoDRodee
He's getting good advice. He's gathering good advisors, and he's listening to them.

Excellent sign.

19 posted on 02/18/2016 6:35:54 AM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: mac_truck

I don’t listen to Mark anymore so I’m curious: Did his head explode our did he go on a tirade against Sessions?


20 posted on 02/18/2016 6:39:37 AM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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