Is Breitbart about to turn on Donald Trump?

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

The ‘alt-right’ website is not happy with the president’s recent attacks on Jeff Sessions – perhaps a sign that it senses a betrayal of its white nationalist agenda

 

If anything has been predictable in the chaos of the early Trump presidency, it’s the unstinting support he has received from Breitbart News.

Until now.

In recent days, Trump has attacked the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, on Twitter and in an interview with the New York Times over his recusal from oversight of the investigation into Trump’s possible Russian connections. As a result, there has been widespread speculation that Trump might fire his attorney general, or that, faced with an untenable position, Sessions might resign.

 

 

Trump’s public attacks on Sessions seem to be alienating the website that gave him his chief strategist Steve Bannon, and helped him into the White House.

And on Tuesday, Breitbart bit back.

Adam Shaw skewered Trump’s “hypocrisy” in calling Sessions “weak” on legal moves against Hillary Clinton, reminding readers that Sessions was “one of the vital pillars of Trump’s immigration agenda”. He argued that Sessions has been responsible for “some of the most significant achievements of Trump’s young administration”, such as pushing the “Muslim travel ban” forward, and coming down hard on sanctuary cities.

Another article went into more detail about Sessions’ alleged achievements in office, promoting his prosecutorial crackdown on illegal immigration as well as his winding back of Obama-era restraints on local law enforcement.

So why is Sessions such an untouchable figure in the eyes of Breitbart?

Dan Cassino, a political scientist and expert on conservative media, says Breitbart is protecting Sessions because “he is a trusted broker for people on the far right on immigration”. On top of Trump’s failure to address totemic election promises, such as a border wall, Trump’s shots across Sessions’ bow are seen as “an indication that the nationalist wing – including Bannon – is losing influence in the White House to new players like [White House communications director] Anthony Scaramucci”.

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Joseph Lowndes, a political scientist at the University of Oregon and the author of a book about modern conservatism, says Breitbart’s latest take reflects the fact that while Trump’s early presidency has been hemmed in by Congress, the courts, federal agencies and its own incompetence, the attorney general’s office is one of the few areas where the administration has been able to “step on the gas” and deliver “the red meat of Trumpism”.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/jul/26/breitbart-news-donald-trump-jeff-sessions-white-nationalism

 

[IAMX 3,055]

 

A dumb yet hilarious assessment.

 

Thanks for the comedy, fake news!

Edited July 26, 2017 by IAMX

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

7 minutes ago, IAMX said:

 

A dumb yet hilarious assessment.

 

Thanks for the comedy, fake news!

 

 

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/25/trumps-attack-on-sessions-over-clinton-prosecution-highlights-his-own-weak-stance/

Trump’s Attack on Sessions over Clinton Prosecution Highlights His Own ‘Weak’ Stance

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by ADAM SHAW25 Jul 20179,031

President Trump’s decision Tuesday to attack Attorney General Jeff Sessions over Sessions’ “position” on Hillary Clinton’s various scandals only serves to highlight Trump’s own hypocrisy on the issue — and is likely to fuel concerns from his base who see Sessions at the best hope to fulfill Trump’s immigration policies.

 

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!

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Trump’s attack is the latest in a series of shots Trump has launched at Sessions in recent days, annoyed still over Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from Russia investigations in March. But Trump himself was the one who flip-flopped on whether to prosecute Clinton.

[IAMX 3,055]

So.. what's the argument again?

 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

18 minutes ago, IAMX said:

So.. what's the argument again?

 

That there is not enough Preparation H in America to calm the Butthurt. 

 

[ready4ONE 5,400]

I know, right? The so-called president should be entitled to enough Preparation H to ease his pain, but it's clear that he just can't get enough of it to get the job done.

[CaliCat 3,957]

On 7/26/2017 at 8:37 PM, ready4ONE said:

I know, right? The so-called president should be entitled to enough Preparation H to ease his pain, but it's clear that he just can't get enough of it to get the job done.

 

Even Breibart is slamming on the so-called president because of the Priebus/Kelly/Sessions affair. What a pathetic little man Trump is. 

[JimandChristy 1,689]

Once he starts losing some of his base, he is toast. I hope he fires or moves Sessions over to DHS.