Trump Craps All Over Jeff Sessions

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by: Colorado Pols

Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

CNN reporting on a story that will make, amongst others, Colorado stoners happy:

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he regretted choosing Jeff Sessions as attorney general, a continuation of the President’s frustrations over Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

Quoting Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, who noted on CBS earlier Wednesday that Trump “could have picked somebody else” for the position, Trump tweeted, “I wish I did!”

…Trump has frequently criticized Sessions over his recusal, which paved the way for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to appoint special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump, according to The New York Times, has said he needs an attorney general to protect him.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bellicose threats against legal marijuana have given the rapidly-growing industry in Colorado the most stress they’ve endured since legalization in 2012, but it does appear that he lost the battle for President Donald Trump’s blessing to carry out the crackdown he so badly wanted. That’s the local angle of relevance in this story–Sessions’ lack of favor with Trump being a positive development for Colorado’s marijuana industry–though obviously, Sessions’ recusal from the investigation into involvement by Russian nationals in the election of Trump is the factor driving the day.

Will Sessions survive in his position long enough to headline the Western Conservative Summit in Denver in less than two weeks? We’ll all have to find out together.

12 thoughts on “Trump Craps All Over Jeff Sessions”

Zappatero says:

May 30, 2018 at 9:34 am

Dem msg: Soybeans and student loans?

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1. RepealAndReplace says:
  
  May 30, 2018 at 10:07 am
  
  But where does M. Bennet stand on those issues?
  
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2. MichaelBowman says:
  
  May 30, 2018 at 1:50 pm
  
  In states where the Electoral College matters to Dems the price of soybeans is a big deal.
  
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  1. Voyageur says:
    
    May 30, 2018 at 2:04 pm
    
    As a dietary vegan, I too worship at First Church of Soybean. Avoiding meat and dairy is definitely helping me control my diabetes.
    
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    1. MichaelBowman says:
      
      May 30, 2018 at 4:08 pm
      
      Alva – I'm trying to post a link for V on CBD oil being used for diabetic patients. I've posted three times, answered the 'I'm not a robot' equation and it falls into the netherworld. What's up?
      
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    2. MichaelBowman says:
      
      May 30, 2018 at 4:11 pm
      
      V – Google 'hemp diabetes' and there should be a link to a study from the UK that has a lot of good info. For some reason when I add that link the magic box boots me out.
      
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      1. MichaelBowman says:
        
        May 30, 2018 at 4:24 pm
        
        The home page looks like this:
        
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MichaelBowman says:

May 30, 2018 at 3:55 pm

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1. notaskinnycook says:
  
  May 30, 2018 at 8:59 pm
  
  You'll note that Alabama isn't green on that map, Michael.
  
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  1. MichaelBowman says:
    
    May 30, 2018 at 9:35 pm
    
    AL legalized industrial hemp (by a unanimous vote of both chambers) two years ago but still no planted acres! I’m not convinced the AG understands the difference berweeen hemp and marijuana, but when you’re a hammer everything looks like a nail?
    
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    1. notaskinnycook says:
      
      May 30, 2018 at 9:51 pm
      
      Ah, hemp, but not recreational or even medical cannabis, hence the absence of green on the map.
      
      Here’s the wiki on the current A.G. He doesn’t seem like an improvement over his Strange (pun intended) predecessor. And not the brightest light on the Christmas tree, either.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Marshall_(politician)
      
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      1. MichaelBowman says:
        
        May 30, 2018 at 9:57 pm
        
        Bingo! (hemp is now legal in 38 states).
        
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