Jeff Sessions Appointed as Trump’s National Security Chairman Days After Endorsement

PolitiChicks.comWell, that certainly didn’t take long.

When Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions announced his endorsement of Donald Trump on Sunday, many Alabamians were stunned. It was just two days before Super Tuesday, and social media was abuzz with posts and comments about Sessions’ betrayal of the conservative values he has long supported. While some quickly embraced the endorsement, many more were surprised.

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Everywhere, people were asking, “Why?” Was this a uniting of minds over principle, or was there something else at play? Had the “deal maker” struck a deal with Senator Sessions, promising him a position in exchange for his endorsement?

On Thursday, just two days after Trump’s overwhelming victory in Alabama on Super Tuesday, Donald Trump made the announcement that he has just tapped Senator Sessions to serve as the Chairman of his National Security Advisory Committee. The announcement was posted on Facebook, and Trump tweeted it out on Twitter.

Donald Trump praised Sessions, saying, “It is an honor to have Jeff as a member of the team. I have such great respect for him and I look forward to working with him on the issues most important to Americans.”

This may be a smart move on Trump’s part, considering the blistering he received in Thursday’s FOX debate over his lack of foreign policy strategy. But, many Alabamians are not yet over the sting of what they see as a betrayal by Jeff Sessions earlier in the week.

From this move, it appears that Sessions might not have made the endorsement out of altruistic motives and principle, but could have made the endorsement as a part of a deal in which he gains a position in Trump’s growing empire.

While Session’s endorsement may have contributed to Trump’s surging numbers in Alabama, it is more likely that, just as in South Carolina, cross-over voting played a larger role.

Despite grassroots Republicans pleading for years that the GOP close the primaries to all non-Republicans, party leadership in the state has resisted the move. For many years, Democrats have played a calculated and intentional role in deciding Republican candidates for office, from local school board members, to gubernatorial and presidential candidates. There seems to be no stomach by GOP leadership to change this practice anytime soon.

How much of a role Sessions’ last minute endorsement played in the Alabama primary result is uncertain, but his appointment to a key policy position less than a week later is certainly interesting timing.

Terri LaPoint

Alabama PolitiChick Terri LaPoint is a passionate advocate for families and for pro-life issues. She writes for Medical Kidnap, a division of Health Impact News, working to reunite families and expose injustice that is destroying families all across America. She is a contributing author to the book, Medical Kidnapping: A Threat to Every Family in America. Terri is a regular guest on blogtalk radio programs which advocate for families, and she loves speaking to audiences of any size. Her first article to be published was entitled "Birth and Freedom" in Midwifery Today, which encourages and inspires women to fight for the Constitutional and God-given rights they already have. She was part of the early Tea Parties in Trussville, Alabama, and was involved with the Trust Birth movement from its beginning. Terri holds a B.S. in Cultural Anthropology/World Missions, with minors in Bible/Theology and Behavioral Science. After college, she trained as a midwife and breastfeeding educator. This broad experience has helped equip her for the work that she does now as a voice for so many who are voiceless. She has enjoyed being an extra in several movies. She is a mom with four wonderful children, and has been married to the love of her life for more than 25 years. She loves Jesus with all her heart, and she dares to believe that America is still worth fighting for. Follow Terri on Facebook and on Twitter: @TerriLaPoint

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