Trump is popular in Alabama and doesn’t want Sessions to run, my colleagues have reported. So now the race could divide Alabama Republicans even more, and Trump alone probably has the authority to help guide the primary the right way. In the 2017 special election primary to replace Sessions, Trump backed Luther Strange. Trump stayed with Moore for the general election, and Alabama voters elected Democrat Doug Jones. The first step in this battle for Republican titans happens March 3, when Alabama Republican voters, in effect, will have to choose between Sessions and Trump.

Source: Washington Post November 07, 2019 14:44 UTC