NEW: Asked by KarenTravers if he'd endorse Jeff Sessions in Alabama Senate run, Pres. Trump says, 'I haven't gotten involved. I saw he said very nice things about me last night. But, we'll have to see...I haven't made a determination yet.'
"Our freedoms have never been under attack like they are today. We have major party candidates for President campaigning on socialism, confiscating firearms, and closing down churches they disagree with," Sessions said in a press release on his newly launched campaign website."I've battled these forces my entire life, and I'm not about to surrender now. Let's go!"
After ultimately losing by more than 22,000 votes to Jones in a major blow to Republicans, Moore announced in June he would again compete for the GOP nomination in 2020. Jones is now considered one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election in 2020. Despite Trump previously saying this, Sessions said on Fox News Thursday that he,"had a great tenure at the Department of Justice in so many different ways," and that"it was an honor to serve" the president.
But in launching his campaign, Sessions acknowledged his"ups and downs" with Trump, but only praised the president, and reiterated his place as the first senator to endorse Trump's campaign. During his time at the Justice Department, Sessions was frequently in the spotlight throughout his turbulent time in the Trump administration -- stemming from his recusal from the Russia investigation in March 2017, which Sessions said on Thursday he didn't regret. He was consistently the target of the president's ire as the protracted Mueller investigation loomed over the White House for nearly two years.
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