Trump. Sessions. Bloomberg. For a few days, Alabama is at the center of American politics.
The state's early deadline to qualify for the ballot forced a surprise decision this week: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to file to run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in Alabama -- ensuring that he wouldn't be left off the ballot there. The news came right after Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator and US attorney general, launched a bid to challenge Democratic Sen.
A month after the firing, Trump tweeted,"Jeff Sessions should be ashamed of himself for allowing this total HOAX to get started in the first place!"When asked on the White House lawn by CNN on Friday if he would endorse Sessions, Trump said,"I saw he said very nice things about me last night, but we'll have to see."Trump's comments come after Sessions tried to ease tensions with Trump.
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