Why Firing Sessions Could Be the Dumbest Thing TЯump Has Ever Done

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There have been a lot of discussions about President Donald Trump firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions lately. It’s not just that Trump has been publicly attacking Sessions, because that is nothing new. He’s been doing that almost from the beginning of his presidency, ever since Sessions decided to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

So it’s true that Trump is upset with Sessions for not working as his personal lawyer and trying to protect him from criminal probes.
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Here’s why:

1. The firing of Sessions would create a political and media firestorm the likes of which has not been seen in Washington during Trump’s presidency. There would be charges of corruption and obstruction and foul play that would dominate media coverage for weeks.
2. During the midterm election season it would detract and distract from the GOP message on the economy that it wants voters to focus on when deciding which party to vote for.
3. If Sessions leaves there would be no new Attorney General for the rest of Trump’s time in office, because the Senate would not confirm someone that fast. Instead, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein – who has been very supportive of the Trump Russia investigation – would be promoted to the role of Acting Attorney General. That’s the last thing Trump needs. (There is an interesting article in today’s Washington Post which discusses this issue in more detail.)
4. Firing Sessions may result in him making a plea bargain with Mueller against Trump. Sessions clearly has no interest in protecting Trump, and we know from his recusal he is looking out for his own interests first. Mueller would love to get cooperation from Sessions, and in fact he may have already interviewed him. If Trump cuts Sessions loose, then the Attorney General is free to testify against the president. Most people think Sessions has been a witness to every crime Trump has committed while in office, and also has inside information on the Trump-Russia election scandal. - PoliticusUSA

On the third point, tЯump would need to massacre DoJ, Nixonian-like, dual firing Sessions and Rosenstein at once.

The Яepublican clown car just keeps producing more and more craziness.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. If Trump literally set Sessions on fire, his fellow Repugs would break out the marshmallows.

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2. That would prove that they are a cult, not a political party anymore.

cult
/kəlt/
* a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
* a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
* a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cult+definition&ie=utf-8

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. I know the definition of cult.

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7. Not to imply that you did. I was just posting that for others. ;)

I think we all know how crazed republicans have drifted from norms by this stage. They don't even realize what they've become; a cool-aid drinking cult.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. "They don't even realize what they've become"....

Yes, and like all cults the people are kept cocooned in a protective bubble and warned of the dangers of stepping "outside". As we're seeing with Sessions, they will also turn on their own when one threatens the security of the cult.

America's public right-wing cult could perhaps be attributed to Reagan and surely must now be one of the largest in human history. We've watched it become much more isolated, rabid and viscous since Trump came around. Let's hope it somehow implodes on itself.

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[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Trump can bypass senate confirmation

By appointing one of his cabinet secretaries.

[DeminPennswoods]

6. for a limited amount of time

nt

[salin]

10. 60 or 90 days.

A hell of a lot of firings at the DOJ could happen in that time frame.

[AlexSFCA]

5. I say let him fire sessions and deep his grave deeper

sessions is a rasist and belongs nowhere near DOJ anyway.
In fact, firing sessions may cost him some supporters because sessions is a proven conservative, if fact, he was the most conservative senator.

[Solly Mack]

8. Doing the dumb doesn't exactly deter Trump.

If it did, he'd cease to exist.

First he would become frozen in time and then little by little he'd flake away.

He would have reached that stage a long time ago if he couldn't do dumb.

As it is, he has fertile ground for doing the dumb. He's found acceptance like never before in appealing to all the other people who do the dumb thing. A mutual admiration society of dumb people doing and saying dumb things, all the while cheering themselves and him for being dumb. A celebration of all things dumb.